Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 29, 1997PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from the March 26, 1996 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Fayette County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of James A. Armstrong (Armstrong) from the one-year suspension of his driver’s license. The question presented by DOT is whether a trial court may find that a licensee’s refusal of a chemical test was not knowing and conscious once the trial court finds that the licensee was provided with a legally sufficient O’Connell warning.1
On March 18, 1995, Armstrong was arrested by a…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Com., Dept. of Transp. v. O'CONNELLSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- COM., DEPT. OF TRANS. v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP. v. WalshCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Mazurek v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- McDonald v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- McCloskey v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- D.J. Celento v. Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2021