MARTIN v. DOT, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING


905 A.2d 438 (2006)

Myra J. MARTIN, Appellant v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Mancke, Harrisburg, for Myra J. Martin.

Harold H. Cramer, Harrisburg, Terrance M. Edwards, Washington, DC, Andrew S. Gordon, Timothy Peter Wile, Harrisburg, for Bureau of Driver Licensing.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

This appeal arises from the suspension of appellant's operating privilege for refusing to undergo chemical testing pursuant to the Implied Consent Law, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547. The lower courts disagreed over the authority of a municipal police officer to invoke the Implied Consent Law outside the officer's defined territorial jurisdiction, as provided in the Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 8951 et...

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