· 6/8/1981
People v. Gillett
Citations
- 629 P.2d 613
- 1981 Colo. LEXIS 699
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- suppressing defendant's refusal to take a breath test because the police department failed to take \routine steps in order to implement the arrested driver's right to a blood test\
- “Good cause generally means a substantial reason amounting in law to a legal excuse for failing to perform an act required by law.”
- dismissal of criminal DUI charges was appropriate remedy for arresting officers’ violations of drivers’ statutory rights to requested blood tests under former implied consent statute
- ’’When the arresting officer initially invokes the implied consent law and . . . denies the driver’s request for a blood test, the driver is deprived of his right to establish non-intoxication by a highly reliable form of chemical testing.”
- similarly construing provisions of predecessor former implied consent statute
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Judges: Quinn
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