FORD v. DIR. OF BUREAU OF TRAFFIC SAFETY

No. 1444 C.D. 1978.

45 Pa.Commw. 268 (1979)

John A. Ford, Appellant v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Director of Bureau of Traffic Safety, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 29, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Refowich and Joel M. Scheer, for appellant.

Harold H. Cramer, Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Cunliffe, Deputy Attorney General, and Edward G. Biester, Jr., Attorney General, for appellee.

Submitted on briefs, June 7, 1979, to Judges WILKINSON, JR., MENCER and MacPHAIL, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, August 29, 1979:

The Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, after a hearing de novo, sustained the suspension of John Ford's driver's license for six months for his failure to submit to a breathalyzer test as required under Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C.S. § 1547, and dismissed his appeal. Ford appealed to this Court. We affirm.

After the Commonwealth has proven that a defendant did in fact refuse to submit...

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