ROWLEY v. COM.

Record No. 1037-05-2.

629 S.E.2d 188 (2006)

48 Va. App. 181

Dennis Wayne ROWLEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark S. Gardner, Spotsylvania (Muriel-Theresa Pitney; Gardner, Maupin, Sutton & Haney, P.C.; Law Office of Muriel Pitney, PLC, on brief), for appellant.

Alice T. Armstrong, Assistant Attorney General (Judith Williams Jagdmann, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: ELDER, HUMPHREYS and KELSEY, JJ.


KELSEY, Judge.

Dennis Wayne Rowley appeals a conviction under Code § 18.2-268.3 for unlawfully refusing to provide a breath sample after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. This statute, Rowley argues, violates the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The trial court disagreed, as do we.

I.

A police officer stopped Rowley's pickup truck after observing it "weaving badly" across the road. Rowley...

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