Snyder v. Commonwealth

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

William Snyder appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which dismissed Snyder’s appeal and affirmed a one year suspension of his operator’s privileges by the Department of Transportation (DOT) based upon 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(b)(1) because of Snyder’s refusal to submit to chemical testing. We reverse.

DOT notified Snyder by official notice of September 3, 1991, that his operator’s privileges were being suspended because of his refusal to submit to chemical testing. Snyder filed an appeal and the matter was heard de novo by the Court of Common Pleas of…