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· 2/25/1987

In Re Matherly

Citations

  • 354 S.E.2d 603
  • 177 W. Va. 507
  • 1987 W. Va. LEXIS 474

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  • extreme emotional distress may not be raised as a defense in an administrative proceeding to revoke a license for refusal of chemical testing
  • in holding driver’s silence was a refusal, explaining, “Second, the extreme state of inebriation in which the driver may find himself at the time he is asked to take the test cannot be attributed to divine intervention or the work of Descartes’ [D]emon.”

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Judges: Neely

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