Augustino v. Colorado Department of Revenue

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the purpose of mandatory drivers license revocation procedures is to encourage suspected drunk drivers to voluntarily undergo blood alcohol testing and assist in the prosecution of such crimes
• explaining that the purpose of mandatory drivers license revocation procedures is to encourage suspected drunk drivers to voluntarily undergo blood alcohol testing and assist in the prosecution of such crimes
• explaining that the purpose of mandatory drivers license revocation procedures is to encourage suspected drunk drivers to voluntarily undergo blood aleohol testing and assist in the prosecution of such crimes
• construing provision of former implied consent law, § 42-4-1202, 17 C.R.S. (1973), which authorized license revocation for driver’s refusal to take blood-alcohol test for intoxication
• “The test assists in the prosecution of the drunken driver and the reduction of accidents, injuries and deaths on Colorado’s roads.”
• purpose of mandatory revocation penalty is to encourage the voluntary taking of a blood alcohol test which assists in prosecution of drunken driver and the reduction of accidents, injuries, and deaths

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