Il Seung Yang v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
II Seung Yang appeals his conviction for refusing to submit to a breath test following his arrest for driving while intoxicated. 1 Yang argues that his proficiency in English was so poor that he did not understand the offer of the breath test or his legal obligation to take the test. He argues in the alternative that the police failed to adequately advise him of the consequences of refusing the breath test.
Yang also challenges the trial judge’s decision to allow the State to rebut these contentions by presenting evidence that Yang had taken the breath test on a prior…
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