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- Title: Commonwealth v. Quarles
- Author : Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- Release Date : January 21, 1974
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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The facts may be summarized as follows: On July 24, 1972, at about 9:30 a.m., a Doylestown Borough police officer was dispatched by police radio to the scene of a two car accident. When he arrived he asked the persons standing around the cars who had been driving. Appellee identified himself as one of the drivers. Appellees breath smelled of alcohol; his speech was slightly slurred; he was unsteady on his feet; and he had difficulty in producing his drivers license and owners card. It also appeared to the officer that appellees car had gone some 134 feet after the impact before coming to rest against a telephone pole. From these observations the officer concluded that appellee had been driving under the influence of alcohol, in violation of The Vehicle Code, Act of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, ? 1037, 75 P.S. ? 1037. Accordingly, the officer arrested appellee and gave him the warnings required by Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (1966). When appellee agreed to submit to a chemical test of his breath, he was taken to a state police barracks, twenty-two miles from the scene of the accident, where a breathalyzer test was administered. On July 31, a summons was issued, but at the preliminary hearing held on August 30 appellee was