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CITY OF SEATTLE v. ST. JOHN

No. 81992-1.

215 P.3d 194 (2009)

CITY OF SEATTLE, Respondent, v. Robert ST. JOHN, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Decided September 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan Boyd Robertson, Attorney at Law, Burien, WA, for Petitioner.

Rebecca C. Robertson, Seattle City Attorney's Office, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Pamela Beth Loginsky, Washington Association of Prosecutors, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Prosecuting Attorneys.

Shelley Anne Williams, Shannon Elizabeth Inglis, Attorney General's Office, Seattle, WA, James Kendrick Pharris, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, WA, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Patrol.

OWENS, J.

¶ 1 Robert St. John crashed his motorcycle and when the responding police officer asked him to take a voluntary blood alcohol test, he refused. The officer then obtained a warrant for a blood alcohol test. St. John challenges that test, asserting that once a driver has declined a voluntary test, obtaining a test pursuant to a warrant violates (1) Washington's implied consent statute, (2) due process, and (3) equitable estoppel. We disagree. The statute...

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