Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Olenick

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 3, 1988No. Appeal, No. 481 C.D. 1987PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr,

The Commonwealth Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety (DOT), suspended David J. Olenick’s operators license for one year for refusing to submit to a blood chemical test. 75 Pa. C. S. § 1547(b) (1). The Luzerne County Common Pleas Court sustained Olenicks appeal. DOT now appeals; we reverse the common pleas court order and reinstate the suspension.

*561A Swoyersville Police Department officer responded to a call and found Olenick standing behind a vehicle which had run into a residence. Observing Olenick to be groggy, glassy-eyed, unstable…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. White v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  2. Commonwealth v. MarchCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. McDonald v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  2. R.W. Patane v. PennDOT, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  3. Podgurski v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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