Law v. City of Danville

Leon Alfred Law asks us to reverse his conviction of driving’while intoxicated because he was denied the right to consult with his counsel before refusing to take a blood test. He relies on the right to assistance of counsel in criminal proceedings guaranteed by the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution and by Article I, § 8, of the State Constitution.

In Deaner v. Commonwealth, 210 Va. 285, 170 S.E.2d 199 (1969), we were asked to reverse a revocation of a driver’s license for failure to take a blood test on the same ground, denial of right to consult with counsel before…