Phillips v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

James Louis Phillips (Appellant) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) affirming the suspension of Appellant’s motor vehicle operator’s license pursuant to Section 1547(b) of the Vehicle Code (Code), 75 Pa. C. S. §1547(b), for his refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test. We affirm.

On January 81, 1982, Officers George DePetrillo and Gary J. Penna of the Norristown Police Department responded to a report of an altercation at a local tavern. According to the testimony of the two officers adduced before the trial…