McGarry v. Costello

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• although a license is “an important and valued privilege that cannot be arbitrarily revoked ...[,] its exercise and enjoyment are contingent upon compliance with the conditions which the legislature has imposed”
• purpose of implied consent law is to encourage availability of scientific evidence “as a means to affirm or reject the uncertain opinion of a layman derived from observation of external symptoms of intoxication”
• purpose of implied consent law is to encourage availability of scientific evidence \as a means to affirm or reject the uncertain opinion of a layman derived from observation of external symptoms of intoxication\
• legislature encourages the use of chemical analysis in DUI investigations
• officer makes initial “reasonable ground” determination, subject to judicial review

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).