Bell v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Appellant, James F. Bell, filed this appeal from a superior court judgment sustaining an order of the director of the Department of Motor Vehicles, which had. suspended his driver’s license for 6 months because of his refusal to submit to a chemical test of his breath as required by RCW 46.20.308 (Initiative 242).

The trial court’s uncontroverted findings of fact establish that on December 15, 1968, Trooper Gary Silverthorn of the Washington State Patrol had reason to believe that Mr. Bell had been driving a motor vehicle on the public highways of this state while under the influence of…