Legal Opinion
District of Columbia v. McConnell
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided July 18, 1983No. 81-1443PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YEAGLEY, Associate Judge, Retired:
An information filed on July 29, 1981, charged appellee with, inter alia, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. D.C.Code § 40-716(b) (1981). 1 The government appeals from the trial court’s order denying its pretrial motion to introduce evidence of appellee’s refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test following his arrest. 2 The trial court construed the pertinent statutory scheme as affording a defendant a right of refusal and quoted Stuart v. District of Columbia, 157 A.2d 294, 296 (D.C.Mun.App.1960) to the effect that “it…
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