Anchorage v. Geber

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The main issue in each of four-cases 1 now before us is whether, in prose-puting a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, law enforcement officials can utilize the results of a blood alcohol test, when the blood used in performing the test was extracted from the accused against his or her will, after refusal to submit to a breathalyzer examination. A second issue, found in only one of the cases, is whether the suspect has a right to have counsel present during the video taping of field sobriety tests performed at . the…