DocketNumber: No. CV 02 0514171S
Citation Numbers: 2002 Conn. Super. Ct. 10804-a
Judges: COHN, JUDGE.
Filed Date: 8/26/2002
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/17/2021
The department notified the plaintiff on January 25, 2002, that his license was suspended for one year, unless he requested a hearing. (ROR, Suspension notice.) The plaintiff requested a hearing and it was held on February 27, 2002. At the hearing Sergeant Alfred Tortora testified that on January 19th he had entered the booking room where Officer Millington was present with the plaintiff, and Sergeant Tortora offered breath tests to the plaintiff. The plaintiff stated that he was not taking any test. (ROR, Transcript, pp. 43-44.)
The hearing officer subsequently sustained the plaintiff's suspension, CT Page 10805 finding probable cause for both "arrest and refusal." (ROR, Decision, February 28, 2002.) See §
The department has moved to dismiss on the ground that service was not made within 45 days of the decision as required by §
The plaintiff claims that the hearing officer erred in finding substantial evidence that he refused to submit to the breath tests. Based upon the testimony set forth above, the hearing officer could properly find substantial evidence in the record of an express refusal. Under the test set forth in Murphy v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles,
Since this is an express refusal, and not one implied by the plaintiff's conduct, the case of Bialowas v. Commissioner of MotorVehicles,
Therefore, the appeal is dismissed.
_____________________ Henry S. Cohn, Judge