Butts v. Department of Public Safety

Bell, Chief Judge.

Appellant’s driver’s license was suspended for his refusal to take a blood or breath test under the Implied Consent Law. Ga. L. 1968, pp. 448, 452 (Code Ann. § 68-1625.1). At a hearing it was shown that after appellant’s arrest in Columbus for driving while under the influence of intoxicants he was given an explanation of the Implied Consent Law. Appellant declined the breath test but requested a blood test. He was taken to a local hospital. At the hospital, appellant refused to "sign the forms for the blood test” and requested the presence of his doctor, who lives in…