People v. Helm
Supreme Court of Colorado
1Opinion of the Court
DUBOFSKY, Justice.
The People bring an interlocutory appeal under C.A.R. 4.1 from an order of the county court, affirmed by the district court, suppressing the results of a roadside sobriety test and a blood alcohol test in the prosecution of the defendant, Manford Frank Helm, for drunk driving. The lower courts suppressed the test results primarily because the defendant was not forewarned that he could refuse to take the roadside sobriety test. We reverse the lower courts' rulings.
On April 23, 1980, a Glenwood Springs police officer, responding to a report of a hit-and-run accident involving…
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