BUREAU OF TRAFFIC SAFETY v. DRUGOTCH

Appeal, No. 1205 C.D. 1972.

9 Pa.Commw. 460 (1973)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety, Appellant, v. George Drugotch, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

July 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart A. Liner, Assistant Attorney General, with him Anthony J. Maiorana, Assistant Attorney General, Robert W. Cunliffe, Deputy Attorney General, and Israel Packel, Attorney General, for appellant.

George J. Guinta, Jr., for appellee.

Argued May 11, 1973, before Judges KRAMER, MENCER and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE MENCER, July 19, 1973:

On July 6, 1972, George Drugotch (appellee) was involved in a two-car accident at the intersection of Route 1 and Route 202 in Delaware County. Arriving after the mishap, an officer of the Pennsylvania State Police discovered appellee sitting behind the steering wheel of one of the automobiles with its engine running. When the appellee stepped from his car, the officer noted his staggering gait and a strong odor of alcohol on...

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