Greenwood v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Does a person arrested pursuant to RCW 46.20.308, the implied consent statute, have the right to subject his decision to submit to a chemical test of his breath, as directed by the arresting officer, to the condition that he first be permitted to have a blood test administered by a qualified person of his choosing? That is the sole question presented by this appeal.

The trial court’s findings of fact are undisputed. The parties have stipulated that at about 9 p.m. on May 17, 1972, the respondent Greenwood was arrested near Renton, Washington, by Trooper Ronald E. Plowman of the Washington…