GONZALES v. COLORADO DEPT. OF REVENUE

No. 84CA0393.

728 P.2d 754 (1986)

Jesse GONZALES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, and Alan Charnes, Executive Director of said department, Defendants-Appellants.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

October 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Holmes and Carol J. Huber, Longmont, for plaintiff-appellee.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen. and Anthony S. Trumbly, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellants.


ENOCH, Chief Judge.

The Department of Revenue (Department) appeals the district court judgment reinstating the driver's license of plaintiff, Jesse Gonzales. We reverse.

The main issue on appeal is: Once plaintiff agreed to submit to a blood test, and then later refused the test, who had the burden of offering or requesting a breath test? We hold that plaintiff had the burden of requesting such a test.

On November 1, 1982, plaintiff was arrested for...

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