Commonwealth v. Jones

SOLOMON, J.,

Defendant, Robert George Jones, filed an appeal from an order of the Department of Transportation suspending his driving privileges for a violation of section 1547 of the Vehicle Code. Specifically, defendant is charged with refusing to submit to a test to determine the alcohol content of his blood.

Initially, defendant was requested to submit to an intoxilyzer test, which test was then administered and the digital readouts provided to the machine operator. However, upon seeking to have the information printed out on its form, the paper did not proceed through the machine properly…