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'OlI1 FORM rM'I IE OUPLlCATED " :. -,-'A,'" ~:-M ',.-,' , ,',,' ""'loti.;~,\~Io<. ~ , . "'.f"'l~"~ ~, 67 g 77.24 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pt. I (e) Instructions and curricula for Course B. Instruction shall be given by an instructor approved jointly by the Department of Health and the Department using a curriculum in compliance with Course B requirements. (f) Certificates for Course B. Persons successfully completing Course B shall be issued certificates as certified breath test operators qualified to operate only Type B alcohol breath test equipment on which they actually received instruction during the course of training. (g) Exemption from Instruction. (l) A person certified to administer alcohol breath tests with a particular item of breath test equipment during the period between September 29, 1968, and 'September 26, 1970, under the approved course of instruction certified by the Secretary of the Department of Revenue, may continue to administer alco- hol breath tests with the equipment without undergoing further instruction and shall be considered a certified breath test operator under this subchapter. (2) A person certified to administer alcohol breath tests with a particular item of breath test equipment on November 5, 1977, under Equipment and Instructions for Administering Chemical Tests and Making Chemical Analysis for Alcoholic Content of Blood. I Pa.B. 288 (September 26, 1970) may con- tinue to administer alcohol breath tests with the equipment without undergoing further instruction and shall be considered a certified breath test operator under this subchapter. (3) A person certified by the Department or the State Police on December 22, 1984 to administer alcohol breath tests, conduct accuracy verifications or inspections with a particular item of breath test equipment may continue to perform the duties with the equipment without undergoing further instruction and will be considered a certified breath test operator under this subchapter. Source The provisions of this ~ 77.23 adopted December 21, 1984, effective December 22, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4599; readopted January 12, 1990, effective immediately and apply retroactively to December 22, 1989.20 Pa.B. 211. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (140060) to (140062). g 77.24. Breath test procedures. (a) Observation. The person to be tested with breath test equipment shall be kept under observation by a police officer or certified breath test operator for at least 20 consecutive minutes immediately prior to administration of the first alco- hol breath test given to the person, during which time the person may not have ingested alcoholic beverages or other fluids, regurgitated, vomited, eaten or smoked. Custody of the person may be transferred to another officer or certified breath test operator during the 20 consecutive minutes or longer period as long as the person to be tested is under observation for at least 20 consecutive minutes prior to initial administration of the alcohol breath test. 77-6 (216090) No.261 Aug. 96 Copyrighl e /996 Common...eu/lh of Pennsylvania "" H,'-~ ,.'. ~( . \'"",' jJ'~f~ID"'~. () \",..",,< :i!~' 1;2 ;,) n , ~ s,' , "; ") , ~,., ; '~, ',"'. Ch.77 ADMINISTERING CHEMICAL TESTS 67 ~ 77.24 (b) Procedures. Alcohol breath tests shall be conducted by a certified breath test operator. Accuracy inspection tests and calibrations conducted using breath test equipment shall be performed by a certified breath test operator. the manu- facturer or its authorized representative or a person who has received comparable training or instruction. Alcohol breath tests, accuracy inspection tests and calibra- tions conducted using breath test equipment shall be performed in accordance with accepted standard procedures for operation specified by the manufacturer of the equipment or comparable procedures. The procedures for alcohol breath test~ ing shall include, at a minimum: (I) Two consecutive actual breath tests, without a required waiting period between the two tests. (2) One simulator test using a simulator solution designed to give a read- ing of .10%, to be conducted immediately after the second actual alcobol breath test has been completed. The lower of the two actual breath test results will be the result used for prosecution. The test results will be disregarded, and the breath test device will be removed from service under ~ 77.25(b)(4) (relating to accuracy inspection tests for Type A equipment) if one of the following occurs: (i) If the difference between the results of the two actual alcohol breath tests is .02 or more, for machines read to the second decimal place, or .020 or more for machines read to the third decimal place. (ii) If the simulator test yields a result less than, .09% or greater than .I 0% when the breath test device is read to the second decimal place, or if the simulator test yields a result less than .090% or greater than . I 09% when the breath test device can be read to the third decimal place. (c) Procedures for adjustment. Breath test equipment which fails the testing under ~ 77.25(b) or subsection (b) shall be placed out of service and shall be serviced, repaired and adjusted, as necessary, by the manufacturer or its autho- rized representative or a person who has received comparable training or instruc- tion prior to being placed back into service. In addition, the breath test device shall be tested under subsection (b) prior to being placed back into service. (d) Simulator solution certification. The manufacturer of simulator solution shall certify to the test user that its simulator solution is of the proper concentra- tion to produce the intended results when used for accuracy inspection tests or for calibrating breath test devices. This certification shall be based on gas chromato- graphic analysis by a laboratory independent of the manufacturer. (e) Ampoule certification. The manufacturer of ampoules utilized in Type A breath testing devices shall certify to the user that its ampoules will produce the intended results when used for actual breath tests, accuracy inspection tests or for calibrating breath test devices. The certification shall be based on laboratory test. ing conducted by a laboratory independent of the manufacturer. The laboratory testing shall employ generally accepted scientific methods sufficient to insure that the ampoules conform to manufacturer specification. 77-7 (256717) No. 298 Sop. 99 . ", :"'1," ' ,,~, ,;, , .--",C-~i< ;t: ~,.'",. '-"~ ORIGINAL IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY JAMES DOYLE, III NO. 01-6027 vs. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING Oral deposition of DONALD o EDWARD RICHARDSON, taken on behalf of the Plaintiff, in the Offices of Donald Edward Richardson, Veterans Administration, Woodland and university Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsyl vania, on Friday March 15, 2002 commencing at or about 10:00 a.m. before Maureen Gallagher, Registered Professional Reporter - Notary Public. fI c B & R SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONALS, INC. 235 SOUTH 13th STREET PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19107 (215) 546-7400 B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. . '~ """-<'.>"",j 1 2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C' 12 , 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 APPEARANCES: MANCKE, WAGNER, HERSHEY & TULLY BY: DAVID HERSHEY, ESQUIRE 2233 North Front Street Harrisburg, pennsylvania 17110 (717) 234-7051 Counsel for Plaintiff BY: GEORGE KABUSK, ESQUIRE 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, pennsylvania 17101 Counsel for Defendant, Department of Transportation B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. -----;:;;;-. ~, ~~ 0 1 , ' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 I..ND~X WITNESS DONALD EDWARD RICHARDSON By Mr. Hershey By Mr. Kada ~XHI..BI..T.s.. NO. (NONE MARKED AT THIS TIME) B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. PAGE ~"" 3 PAGE 4,52 2 3 , 5 5 ~ .;-~-" ~ ~ . 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0 12 .. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 C: 23 24 ._".,. . . _,b" DONALD RICHARDSON 4 (It is stipulated and agreed by and between counsel that the reading, signing, sealing, filing and certification of the within deposition be waived.) DONALD EDWARD RICHARDSON, having been duly sworn was examined and testified as follows: BY MR. HERSHEY, Q. Mr. Richardson, this is David Hershey and I would like to ask you a few questions regarding your diagnosis and treatment of James Doyle, III. Before we get to that I would like to ask you some background questions. Could you state your name and your professional address, please? A. Donald Edward Richardson, VA Medical Center, University and Woodland Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. Q. Mr. Richardson, what is your title at the Veterans Administration? A. Chief audiology and speech pathology service. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. V?l ."--~,, r-: "'-i o 0,,':- " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 , ,,~ .. .l,,""'-""~t DONALD RICHARDSON 5 Q. How long have you held that position? A. Just under a year. Q. How long have you worked at the Veterans Administration? A. Twenty-seven years. Q. Prior to the last year what was your role at the Veterans Administration? A. I was acting chief of the service. Q. Of what service? A. Audiology and speech pathology services. Q. Can you give us just a very brief description of your primary duties in your current role at the Veterans Administration? A. I'm educated as a speech language pathologist, and I'm heading up a clinic that is a combination audiology and speech pathology. Q. Did you complete high school? A. Yes. Q. Did you obtain any post high school degrees? A. Yes. Q. Can you explain what those were? A. I have an under graduate degree, a B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ~i 1 '-" 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ('\ 12 " ! ~ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 C 23 " "I 24 ~",,' DONALD RICHARDSON 6 bachelors degree in communication disorders from the University of Vermont and a graduate degree, a masters degree in communication disorders from St. Louis University. Q. Do you have any professional affiliations? A. I'm certified through the American Speech Language Hearing Association and I hold a Triple C which is a certification of clinical competence. And I'm licensed through the State of Pennsylvania as a speech language pathologist. Q. Do you actually see patients in your role at the Veterans Administration? A. I do. Q. And is part of seeing patients treating speech disorders? A. It's a combination of speech and!or hearing disorders. MR. HERSHEY: For the record, Your Honor, at this time we would offer Donald Richardson as an expert witness in the area of speech pathology and language. BY MR. KADA: B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. " """"~Ia r"'1 ""-i o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ,," 1, _",," DONALD RICHARDSON 7 Q. Mr. Richardson, this is George Kada. I'm with the Department of Transportation. What is a language pathologist? A. We're trained professionals in dealing with communication disorders primarily as a result of, I'm in the geriatric adult population but as a result of stroke, traumatic brain injury, acquired problems with communications, stuttering. So it is a full gamut, in addition to training and speech reading for the hearing impaired. Q. What is an audiologist? A. An audiologist is one who is trained in assessing hearing status, hearing level, hearing acuity. So we work hand in hand relative to communication disorders in general. Q. Are you a medical doctor? A. No. Q. Do you make medical assessments? A. No. Q. Do you make design treatment plans? A. Yes. Q. Would you do that under the authority of B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 'i!! "~~-~.~ ~" t"'>' ~' r"i ~ 0',',,',' ,,' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 l,,",,",,,,,,,~,", DONALD RICHARDSON 8 a medical doctor? A. No. Q. Are you over seen by a medical doctor? A. No. Q. Do you work in conjunction with medical doctors? A. Yes. Q. How is that, how do you work in conjunction with medical doctors? A. We receive referrals either from ENT specialists or primary care physicians. MR. KADA: No further questions. BY MR. HERSHEY: Q. Mr. Richardson, did you have an opportunity to meet and evaluate James Doyle, III? A. Yes. Q. When was Mr. Doyle referred to you? A. April of 2000. Q. What were the circumstances surrounding the referral? A. He had undergone a hearing aid evaluation and had requested additional training in aural rehabilitation. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. o ,..." \-; o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 . "~"&'~-v<" DONALD RICHARDSON 9 Q. When you say oral do you mean A-U-R-A-L? A. Yes. Q. When he was referred to you were you provided with an audiogram? A. Yes. Q. What is an audiogram? A. It's a graphic representation of hearing levels. Q. Who normally conducts that particular test? A. The audiologist. Q. Is an audiogram something that you routinely rely on for treating patients with hearing disorders? A. Correct. Q. Did you have an opportunity to review the audiogram for James Doyle? A. Yes. Q. Explain the findings of the audiogram with both his left and right? A. The audio indicates for the left ear a severe sensory neural hearing loss with zero percent speech discrimination. Audio for the right ear indicates a mild to severe sensory B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. c; "~~ ~ r', ~ C') ,~-- , C 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 , .-=,' , ~j<-".",. DONALD RICHARDSON 10 neural hearing loss, above one thousand Hertz with a fair speech discrimination ability. Q. with respect to the left ear when you indicate zero speech discrimination, can you restate that in layman's term? A. Basically it's an assessment of the ability to understand speech unaided, and a zero percent there is no ability in that ear that is measurable. Q. With respect to the right ear you made some references to Hertz levels, correct? A. Yes. Q. Explain what that means? A. Basically what we are assessing where the lost starts to change or the hearing levels start to change. In Mr. Doyle's case it starts at one thousand and drops from that point on. So as the frequencies get higher he has greater difficulty with hearing. Q. As far as normal conversational tones between individuals is concerned, is that measurable? A. It is generally measurable in a subjective assessment. It's kind of difficult B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. C.'! , . ~. L; o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 "otw~-i DONALD RICHARDSON 11 to measure it objective outside of the hearing test booth. Q. Is there anything in the medical or professional community that indicates what level conversational speech usually falls in terms of Hertz? A. Well, we generally look at conversational speech in terms of decibels, level loudness, which the average is between 50 and 60 DB. Q. How about in measuring that in terms of frequency? A. In frequency we look at it as a cluster of speech consonants and where they fall. Q. Is conversational speaking above or below a thousand Hertz? A. For consonant sounds it's going to be, the cluster is above, for vowel sounds it is below. Q. When you saw Mr. Doyle in April of 2000 was he a hearing aid candidate? A. Yes. Q. Did he have a hearing aid in April of 2000. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. c' c o ~~"- 1 2 3 4 '~" DONALD RICHARDSON 12 A. Yes, he did. Q. For which ear was that? A. It was for the right ear. Q. Did he have any hearing aids for the 5 left ear? 6 A. No. 7 Q. What was the reason for the referral of 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Mr. Doyle to you? , " A. It was upon his request with concurrence from the audiologist. Q. What was the audiologist trying to achieve through this referral? A. In order to maximize the benefit of a hearing aid speech reading augments the reception process. Q. What is speech reading? A. Speech reading is a combination of lip reading and use of contextual cues, facial cues, environmental cues, intuition, guessing, background knowledge. Q. Are all those items relevant then in assisting someone to communicate? A. Yes. Q. Have you seen Mr. Doyle consistently B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 't ('. .~ 1 2 3 .1. . h',,"< DONALD RICHARDSON 13 since April of 2000? A. Yes. Q. How often have you been seeing him? 4 A. Probably been averaging maybe once every 5 6 to 8 weeks. 6 7 8 Q. Mr. Richardson, directing your attention to the summer of 2001, last summer, did you have an opportunity to see Mr. Doyle? 9 A. Yes. 10 Q. Specifically did you have an opportunity 11 to see him on August 7? c 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 o 23 24 A. I would have to look in my notes. Q. Do you have those handy? A. Yes. Q. Doctor, I'm directing your attention to a progress note dated August 7, do you have that? A. Yes, what I'm doing right now is pulling up the electronic notation on the computer. Q. I said doctor, I apologize for that. A. The progress note is August 7. Q. Yes. A. 2001. Q. Yes. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. , --""... ~".".....' '. -~ C,") '" c o 1 2 3 4 5 , J~ '~~"'''-''' DONALD RICHARDSON 14 A. Okay, I have it pulled up. Q. Referring to the top of that page, Mr. Richardson, where it indicates service connected on SC veteran. 60, service connected veteran, 60. Can you explain what 6 that means? 7 A. He has been rated by the VA adjudication 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 board for service connection disability and he is at 60 percent, which can either be a single disorder or a combination thereof. Q. On a scale of zero to one hundred is one hundred more disabled than zero? A. Well, it's not really viewed upon as physical disability, it is a rating for monitory compensation as well as medical benefit eligibility. Q. The higher the number the greater the eligibility for benefits? A. The higher number the more money, and the more disabling relative to compensation and medical treatment, the particular disorders. Q. Moving on to the next line diagnosis, can you explain what that means? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. C~ ',i '. ) o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~ ~ I ! '"'IW\;'''~' . ';"'. DONALD RICHARDSON 15 A. That is the communication diagnosis. Q. Hearing loss we talked about. In reference to the Meniere's disease, can you explain that briefly? A. That is noted because it is relative to the symptoms we need to be aware of, how it effects his overall communication status. Q. What symptoms are those? A. Increased tinnitus, fluctuations of hearing loss, vertigo, nausea, feeling of fullness in the ears. Q. In the middle paragraph the next paragraph down it starts FU. Can you explain what that means? A. Follow up. Q. Explain what the rest of that paragraph pertains to? A. Okay. What I have done is indicated the follow up is to improve speech reading ability and primarily to increase his use of contextual cues to understand main ideas during conversation. Q. From a physical standpoint how do you accomplish that, what do you do? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. - ~" o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 c o ~ ~I < "''-'! DONALD RICHARDSON 16 A. We have structured activities where I present cue words coupled with related sentences and or topics and I give them at varying degrees of loudness. And then he basically gives back what I have given him. Q. What kind of environment do you do those exercises in? A. It's one on one single room, relatively free of noise, background distraction noise. Q. Is Mr. Doyle seated during these exercises? A. Yes, he is. Are you seated during these exercises? Yes. Are you facing Mr. Doyle during those Q. A. Q. exercises? A. Yes. What is the approximate distance between Q. the two of you during these exercises? A. Q. A. Two and a half to three feet at the max. Is that across a desk? Across a table. When you do these exercises does Mr. Q. Doyle have his hearing aid in? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ,"'c.~ >~__ o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ~. "'"~> DONALD RICHARDSON 17 A. Yes. Is that consistent? Yes. Based upon your experience with Mr. Q. A. Q. Doyle if you were to remove his hearing aid during these exercises would it increase or decrease his A. Increase, you cut out any difficulty. 9 Q. How would his hearing aid not being in 10 effect the patient? o 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 o A. It would increase the difficulty for him to understand. Q. All things being equal, if you introduced background noise into the room does that increase or decrease the ability of Mr. Doyle to communicate? A. It decreases his ability to communicate. When you're conducting these exercises Q. in your office are you at eye level with Mr. Doyle? A. Yes. As part of the exercises you just Q. described does some of them involve lip reading? B & R Services for professionals, Inc. ~" c",'" , " r\ - 0,. , ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 , " a'Olll!;@b- DONALD RICHARDSON 18 A. They all do. Q. Do any of those exercises involve Mr. Doyle reading from any written material and then discussing same with you? A. No. Q. What was your assessment of James under the clinical conditions that you presented on August 7 of 2001? A. He required his performances reduced, and requires a repetition to increase or improve the performance. And additional cue words are needed at times. Q. For Mr. Doyle to engage in lip reading does that require him to watch your face? A. Yes. Q. So if he were reading from something he would not be able to see your lips move presumably, correc t? A. Correct. Q. Mr. Richardson, I would like to ask you the following hypothetical question: I would like to you assume certain facts before I ask you to render an opinion. I would like you to assume that a person with Mr. Doyle's B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. r"': 1 "'-' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C' 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 r"'! 23 '-' 24 ,',.".> '-"(""~"" DONALD RICHARDSON 19 functional hearing capacity in the left and right ears is engaged in conversation in a room which contains some background noise. I would further like you to assume that this subject has been diagnosed with Meniere's disease and further that this subject is communicating with a third person while the third person is standing and the subject sitting. I would like you to assume further that the subject is without any hearing aid devices. Mr. Richardson, assuming those facts can you give an opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty whether or not that subject would have difficulty in communicating to that third person? A. Yes, he would have a great deal of difficulty. Q. Is that your opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty? A. Yes. Q. Mr. Richardson, in preparation for this deposition did you have an opportunity to review anything other than your progress report and the audiogram for Mr. Doyle? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. o c: r-, """ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ',' ,-""" DONALD RICHARDSON 20 A. Yes. Q. What else did you have an opportunity to review? A. I reviewed a video tape supplied by your office. Q. Thank you. Can you identify anyone that appears on that video tape? A. Yes. Q. Did you have an opportunity to note the present, that is the physical condition present on the video tape? A. Yes. Q. Do you have an opinion as to -- let me back up. Was there an audio component to that video tape that you were able to review? A. Yes. Q. Did you form any opinions regarding the presence or lack of background noise on the tape? A. Yes. Q. What was that opinion? A. I heard the train, som~ train whistles, shuffling of objects and people. Q. The noise, the background noises that B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ;~" ,.~ - ~, '-" c C 23 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ~, - -', '"-,;ki..-.i<,> DONALD RICHARDSON 21 you just described are those the type of noises that are present during your exercises with Mr. Doyle in your office? A. No. Q. Is that your opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty? A. Yes. Q. Did you see Mr. Doyle again on August 21 of 2001? A. Yes. Q. And did you again evaluate him in your office? A. It was a follow up session as opposed to a formal evaluation. Q. During that follow up session did you engage in any lip reading exercises with Mr. Doyle? A. Yes, I did. Q. Is the lip reading exercises conducted in the same setting as occurred on August 7? A. Yes. Q. Were there any background noises present during your evaluation on August 21? A. No. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0 12 , .' 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 I,. j ~" . """ c'".'. DONALD RICHARDSON 22 Q. Did you happen to notice from your review of the video tape whether or not Mr. Doyle was seated or standing? A. He was seated. Q. Are you aware from your review of the video tape whether or not Mr. Doyle had his hearing apparatus in? A. No. Q. No you were not aware or no he didn't have it? A. No, I'm not aware. Q. Mr. Richardson, as a follow up to your last hypothetical I would also like let me just go back over the facts again. I would like you to assume that a person with Mr. Doyle's functional hearing in the left and right ear is engaged in conversation in a room which contains background noise, and that the subject has Meniere's disease. I would also ask you to assume further that the person who is communicating with the subject is doing so while that third person is standing and while the subject is sitting. I would also ask you to assume that the subject does not have his B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 1 C: ",.' ') 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 .~"":-" DONALD RICHARDSON 23 hearing aid in, and that the subject has been presented with a form to read, which gives rise to questions by the subject to that third person. I would also ask you to assume that the third person and the subject are not at eye level. Can you give an opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty whether or not that subject would have difficulty in communicating with that third person under those circumstances? A. Yes. Q. What is that opinion? A. That he would have increasing difficulty not being at eye level relative to comprehending the main idea that is verbalized. MR. HERSHEY: Thank you, Mr. Richardson. MR. KADA: I have some questions for you now. BY MR. KADA: Q. Mr. Doyle is a patient with the Department of Veterans Affairs; is that correct? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 0,,',' , , c: c 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ), ,....~~i DONALD RICHARDSON 24 A. Yes. Q. Where is he a patient? A. In the audiology and speech pathology service. Q. Would that be in the Philadelphia location? A. Correct. Q. Are you aware, is he also a patient at the Coatsville location? A. I'm not sure about that. Q. Have you reviewed his medical records in your course of treatment? A. Pardon me? Q. Have you reviewed his medical records in the course of your treatment? A. Yes. Q. Have you reviewed any medical records from the Coatsville area? A. No. Q. Have you reviewed any records produced by a Andrea K. Hall, an audiologist? A. No. Q. Are you aware that Andrea Hall was at an MACCA Audiological examination of Mr. Doyle at B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. '1:;' c"") " ,/ o o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 " , -..l,._~o . ~ > .' DONALD RICHARDSON 25 the Coatsville Veterans facility? A. No. Q. The records that were provided to me for this hearing indicates that you saw Mr. Doyle five times; is that correct? A. During what period? Q. Well, I understand that you saw him five times and it appears that you saw him on 5/22 of 01, 6/12 of 01, 6/26/01, 7/10/01, 8/7/01, Clnd 7/21/01? A. That's correct. Q. That's six times, I'm sorry, it is not five times; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. And so the last time you had seen him was August 21 of '01; is that correct? A. No. Q. When did you last see him? A. March 14. Q. Of what year? A. 2002. Q. Would you have produced the same type of record as you produced for those two dates that Mr. Hershey questioned you about? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. CI rJ __I o 1 2 , " - ~ -*-~";'~ DONALD RICHARDSON 26 A. Yes, they're similar, the treatment is similar. 3 Q. I have not been provided a copy of 4 those. I would ask that you provide me with 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 all the documents relating to Mr. Doyle's treatment. I have only been provided with selected copies. So I note an objection for the record and ask that I be provided all copies. What did you do during the appointments with Mr. Doyle? A. Provided training and speech reading and use some contextual cues. Q. Is that a normal course of treatment for such a patient? A. Yes. Q. And a patient who has what, hearing loss 18 in one ear? 19 A. Correct. 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Do you recommend further treatment for him? A. Yes. Q. What would that treatment be? A. Continue with speech reading B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ,.-. o c.,"" ';. ',' C 23 - ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 ~4:U_,: DONALD RICHARDSON 27 development. Q. Did Mr. Doyle tell you about any incident that occurred on 8/10/01? A. What is that again? Q. Did Mr. Doyle tell you about an incident that he was involved in which occurred on 8110/01? A. No. Q. Did he tell you that he was stopped for DUI and refused a chemical test? A. No. Q. Now Mr. Doyle has hearing loss; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. In the left ear it is severe, correct? A. Correct. Q. And he has basically zero percent discrimination? A. Correct. Q. What does that mean? A. It means basically minimal, if any, ability to understand speech. Q. In his right ear do you have the percent of discrimination he has? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 'I "~-. ~ c: ,..", "",/ C 23 "._~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 DONALD RICHARDSON A. Yes. Q. What is that? A. 76 percent. Q. What does that mean? A. It means it's a fair ability. Q. Fair ability to what, hear? A. No, to understand speech. Q. So Mr. Doyle has a fair ability to understand speech? A. Correct. Q. As part of your treatment for him were you the one who recommended that he have a hearing aid? A. No. Q. Who recommended that? A. The audiologist who tested him. Q. Who was that audiologist? A. Beverly Caplan. Q. Would it be unusual for you not to be aware of the prior audiologist's report that happened in the year 2000 on 7/20 of 2000 conducted by Andrea Hall? A. Not unusual, atypical. Q. And the hearing aid is designed to B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ,'" "-- '--.in.~:, 28 t""', -.' "...,,; "-' o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 ~~ ~~ ~'. b'-~_6," DONALD RICHARDSON 29 assist Mr. Doyle's hearing; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. And even without the hearing aid Mr. Doyle can hear; is that correct? A. Can you restate the question. Q. Even without the hearing aid Mr. Doyle can hear; is that correct? MR. HERSHEY: Object to the form of the question. BY MR. KADA: Q. without the hearing aid Mr. Doyle, he has a fair hearing ability; is that correct? A. No. Q. what does 76 percent discrimination mean? A. It pertains only to the reception of speech unaided. Q. So without the hearing aid he has a fair reception of speech? A. On that one side. Q. So he can hear, is that correct, without the hearing aid? A. He can hear? Q. Yes, is that correct? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. () -' o C 23 24 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 .,.J., '-'''';~:,,; DONALD RICHARDSON 30 A. He can hear sounds; that is correct. Q. Those sounds, if they're in conversation he has a fair reception of them; is that correct? A. It is looked upon as understanding, comprehension, as opposed to the actual reception. Q. So he has a fair understanding of it unaided, of conversation unaided? A. Fair, within a quiet environment. Q. with a hearing aid in what is his reception of speech? A. It improves through loudness. Q. Would that improve his understanding of conversation? A. It is hard to say, it's difficult to say yes or no relative to variables, it would overall it should have some improvement. Q. Now, do your records indicate that Mr. Doyle has difficulty in most situations with the exception of face to face communication in a quiet room? A. Yes. Q. And Mr. Doyle was indeed fitted for a B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. '0 ~ ,~ c",',', " f 0", ':~ ',__ i 0",,' -; ~ J 1 2 3 4 , ~~ ~~",' DONALD RICHARDSON 31 hearing aid, correct? A. Correct. Q. And the hearing aid did, in fact, indicate -- it did benefit his hearing; is 5 that correct? 6 A. Correct. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Q. Now, you were instructing Mr. Doyle in speech reading, correct? A. Correct. Q. Cognition of verbal communication is increased when the hearer can see the speaker's face and lips, correct? A. Correct. Q. That cognition is increased by the addition of speech reading, correct? Q. And cognition can be effected by the eyesight, correct? A. Correct. Q. And you have assisted or trained Mr. Doyle with lip reading and/or speech reading, correct? A. Correct. Q. Does Mr. Doyle see well to your knowledge? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. o c! o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 , , ~~i\' DONALD RICHARDSON 32 A. Correct. Q. Have you recommended that he have his eyesight checked? A. No. Q. Speech reading is best when the room is quiet, well-lit and the hearer can see the speaker, correct? A. Correct. Q. You have had the occasion to review the video tape, correc t? A. Correct. Q. Now, assuming, I'm going to ask you to assume the subject was seated in a chair, in a well-lit area with somewhat, some background noise, a few distractions and that he was in the custody of a police officer who was reading and speaking to him in plain view, only a few feet away; would you agree that those conditions would provide satisfactory conditions for speech reading? A. No, I wouldn't agree. Q. But would you agree that a well-lit area would provide satisfactory conditions for speech reading? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ~. '" - o e" " '{ o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 ~~ ~, ~, ~, DONALD RICHARDSON 33 A. It would contribute towards it. Q. Do you agree that few distractions would contribute to satisfactory speech reading? A. Yes. Q. Do you agree that a person being in the custody of a police officer would increase the person's speech reading ability? A. It's unquestionable. Q. Would you agree that if a police officer was reading to him in plain view only a few feet away that would increase satisfactory speech reading? A. It would depend on the level of the speaker. Q. You mean the level of volume or - A. The height of the policeman. Q. If the subject was seated and the policeman was standing or crouching that would, facing the subject that would increase the speech reading, correct? MR. HERSHEY: Object to the form of the question. There is two competing theories in your question. BY MR. KADA: B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 1"': "~ o o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 i L" "...J..-""q DONALD RICHARDSON 34 Q. Assuming that the subject was seated and that the police officer was standing, and facing the subject, would that increase speech reading ability? A. No. Q. Would it be increased if he was sitting face-to-face? A. Yes. Q. But it would not be impossible for a person to speech read if the person was seated and the speaker was standing, correct? A. It would be severely reduced. Q. Those same conditions would provide, with the exception of background noise, would provide optimum hearing for a hearing impaired person, correct? MR. HERSHEY: Objection, what same thing? BY MR. KADA: Q. Those conditions of a well-lit area, of some background noise, custody of a police officer who was speaking to him in plain view, facing him only a few feet away, would that provide satisfactory conditions for a hearing B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. . ~ o o o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ~ - '~ '- '''~''~'''',",,'' DONALD RICHARDSON 35 impaired person? A. The background noise would decrease the satisfaction. Q. Cognition is also increased when a hearer has good command of the English language, correct? A. Yes. Q. Are you aware of Mr. Doyle's command of the English language? A. Yes. Q. What is that? A. It is adequate. Can Mr. Doyle read and write? Q. A. Yes. Q. Do you know at what level? A. High school, probably general high school level. Q. Cognition also increases if the hearer has heard the same words in a similar setting; is that correct? A. What is that again? Cognition increases if the hearer has, Q. in fact, heard the same words in a similar setting? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. c C" , ! 0.."... ~, " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DONALD RICHARDSON A. Correct. Q. And cognition further then increases if the hearer has, in fact, been in a similar situation and has heard the exact same words, correct? A. Possibly, correct. Q. If Mr. Doyle had been in a similar setting in the past, heard the exact same words by a -- and if the police officer was reading what he was saying to Mr. Doyle that would increase his cognition, correct? A. Correct. Q. Are you aware that Mr. Doyle had been charged with a similar violation of 1547 of vehicle code on 9/9 of 2000? A. No. Q. Would you expect that to have increased his cognition of the communication involved in the incident at issue? A. I have to have you restate that. The transmission is breaking up. Q. Would you expect that Mr. Doyle having been charged with the violation of section 1547 of the vehicle code, that's related to B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. , ~ > , , "~-~~; 36 1 0 \, ' 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C':' 12 ~ 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 .-. > 'x"~"""'.__'" ~,I DONALD RICHARDSON 37 chemical test refusal on 9/9 of 2000, with that would you expect that having had a similar situation and having the same words read to him, would you expect that to increase his cognition of the communication that was involved at the incident at issue? A. Yes. Q. Are you aware of the effects of alcohol? A. Yes. Q. Is one of the short-term effects of alcohol in that it effects vision? A. I'm unsure about that. Q. Well, do you know that alcohol narrows the visual field? A. No, I don't know tha t . Q. Do you know that alcohol reduces resistant to glare? A. No. Q. Do you know that alcohol interferes with the ability to differentiate intensity of light? A. I'm unsure about that. Q. Do you know that alcohol lessens sensitivity to color? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. c C" , , o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 - ""_<fIlI"" DONALD RICHARDSON 38 A. I don't know about that. Q. Assuming that alcohol narrows the visual field, assuming that alcohol reduces resistance to glare, assuming alcohol interferes with the ability to differentiate intensity of lights, assuming alcohol lessens sensitivity to color, would you agree that alcohol would effect visual acuity? MR. HERSHEY: I'm going to object just for the record to indicate these are all facts not of record. BY MR. KADA: Q. Mr. Richardson, I want you to assume the facts of the hypothetical question. Would visual acuity be effected by alcohol consumption? A. I'm really not trained to answer that question. Q. Assuming that alcohol consumption effects visual acuity would cognition, the spoken communications be decreased? A. I guess comprehension of the ideas could be effected relative to speech reading. Q. Because the person cannot see as well, B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. _'rn~~.4~ o c' o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 . '0"_ , l'~~ DONALD RICHARDSON 39 correct? A. Correct, right. Q. Now, cognition of spoken communication would especially decrease if a hearing impaired person who relies on speech reading and/or lip reading to enhance cognition? A. Correct. Q. And that was negatively effected by the, under the influence of alcohol, correct? A. Correct. Q. Now, I want you to -- also alcohol effects the central nervous system, correct? A. Correct. Q. Alcohol is a depressant, correct? A. Correct. Q. And alcohol impairs a person's mental facilities, correct? A. Correct. Q. Alcohol impairs a person's ability to recall past events, correct? A. Correct. Q. Is it possible that because decreased mental facility, as a result of alcohol intoxication, a person's ability to speech B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. o c,",,'," ; j o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 _L <" t...*,;~,,< DONALD RICHARDSON 40 read would be decreased, correct? A. Correct. Q. Now, I want you to as sume that hypothetically that when the police encountered Mr. Doyle the policeman noticed that Mr. Doyle was swaying and Mr. Doyle smelled of alcohol, that Mr. Doyle had eyes that were blood shot and glassy, that Mr. Doyle fumbled with his documents, that Mr. Doyle admitted drinking, that Mr. Doyle failed 3 field sobriety tests. Now in your opinion with all those indicators of self induced intoxication, as a result of consuming alcohol, that would impair his mental facilities, correct? A. Correct. Q. Also assuming those factors it would also impair Mr. Doyle's visual acuity, correct? MR. HERSHEY: Objection, I think that question was asked and answered. BY MR. KADA: Q. I'm asking Mr. Richardson - A. The visual acuity question is really B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 0,.',.,., " C) o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 IS 19 20 21 22 24 DONALD RICHARDSON beyond my scope. Q. Now, what effect does alcohol have on hearing? A. None that I'm aware of. It is the processing that it affects. Q. Once again, assuming that the facts are going to come out as Mr. Doyle was swaying, when the officer encountered Mr. Doyle, Mr. Doyle was swaying, smelling of alcohol, his eyes were blood shot and glassy, he fumbled with his documents, and he admitted drinking, and he failed field sobriety tests, knowing that are you able to rule out consumption of alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle'S conduct during the incident? A. No. Q. So, it would be fair to state that you cannot rule out alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle'S refusal to a chemical test? MR. HERSHEY: Objection to the form of the question, assumes facts. BY MR. KADA: Q. Mr. Richardson, wouJd it be fair to say that assuming those facts that I just told you B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. . !,'~~,;,," 41 o c 0',',',"", , _,I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 '~"'-',"i DONALD RICHARDSON 42 about how the officer encountered Mr. Doyle you cannot rule out alcohol as playing a factor in Mr. Doyle's behavior during that incident, correct? A. Correct. Q. Once again, assuming those facts you cannot rule out alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle's choice whether to take or to refuse the requested breath test, correct? A. Correct. Q. You cannot rule out as a factor, assuming those facts you cannot rule out alcohol as a factor in the communication between Mr. Doyle and the police officer, correct? A. Correct. Q. You cannot, assuming those facts you cannot rule out as, the alcohol as a factor as playing a, between Mr. Doyle and the breath test instrument operator, correct? A. Correct. Q. In that video tape that you viewed it was a very short tape, only lasting about two minutes or so, wasn't it? B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. "'.) c 40 o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 , ..; -, ,," -"".'.." DONALD RICHARDSON 43 A. Correct. Q. And did not show a conversation between the police officer and Mr. Doyle, correct? A. It showed a conversation between him and another person. Q. And that other person appeared to be involved in the breath test instrument operation, correct? A. I was not clear about that, I only saw the person who introduced the tape and Mr. Doyle. Q. You did not see officer, a police officer talking to Mr. Doyle about 20 minutes or so, did you? A. Correct. Q. So you don't exactly know how loud the officer was speaking, do you? A. I could hear the voice. Q. But during the portion of time when the officer spoke to Mr. Doyle you couldn't hear the level of volume that the police officer was speaking to Mr. Doyle, could you? A. I could hear, there was another person discussing things with Doyle. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. """-"'-'- o 0',',',' ,', , ;, ;1 o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 c , l__,.....\iii\2.i,,! DONALD RICHARDSON 44 Q. Did you hear the 20 minute conversation between the police officer and Mr. Doyle? A. No. Q. So you don't know how loud the police officer was talking to him, do you? A. Correct. Q. You don't know what level he was, do you? A. Correct. Q. You don't know the other conditions that existed at that time, do you? A. Correct. Q. The only thing you saw was basically the breath test instrument operator saying, well, saying basically that you have already refused, correct? A. Is that the person who was standing in front of a black board? Q. That was an introduction. I'm talking about when they moved the camera over? A. And then discussed his Miranda rights? Q. Yes. A. What is your question again? Q. You didn't see the -- that's the only B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ,""' o Oi'l , , o 23 "-".~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 ;.~;~" ,! DONALD RICHARDSON 45 thing you saw, correct, and so, you don't know the other conditions that existed that Officer Daly was conversing with Mr. Doyle, do you? A. Correct. Q. You don't really know exactly what kind of factors Mr. Doyle was operating under, do you? A. Correct. Q. Other than the testing that you have done you don't really know what type of factors he was under in the evening in question, do you? A. Correct. MR. HERSHEY: Objection to the form of the question, I'm not sure what factors mean. BY MR. KADA: Q. You don't know the hearing levels, the placement of bodies, the level of intoxication, you don't know any of that, do you? A. Correct. Q. Can you state with certainty whether Mr. Doyle could hear and understand what the B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. -, o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 o c DONALD RICHARDSON officer was asking him to do? A. No. Q. In your opinion to a degree of certainty, a medical certainty can you rule out alcohol as not playing a factor in Mr. Doyle's ability to make a knowing and conscious refusal? A. No. Q. Now Mr. Doyle has been diagnosed with Meniere's disease, correct? A. Correct. What are those symptoms? Vertigo, feeling dizzy, nausea, a Q. A. feeling of fullness in their ears. Q. A. How is Meniere's disease treated? Q. By a medical doctor. You are not treating him for Meniere's disease, correct? A. Correct. Are you aware whether drugs are Q. prescribed? A. Yes. Q. A. That's so in Mr. Doyle's case? Correct. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ~il1~~,,' 46 o o o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 _l ..,I,,,",' DONALD RICHARDSON 47 Q. Has he been prescribed drugs? According to him he has, yes. Are you aware whether alcohol effects A. Q. Meniere's disease? A. Yes. It would aggravate the symptoms, Q. correct? A. Correct. Q. Would you have or did you tell Mr. Doyle to avoid alcohol, the consumption of alcohol? A. No. Q. Would self-induced intoxication be following the prescribed treatment orders for Mr. Doyle? A. I can't comment on that. Again, it's beyond my scope. Q. What negative consequences would alcohol intoxication have on Meniere's disease? A. It would exacerbate the symptoms. Now, would wearing a hearing aid be Q. compliant with the treatment plan for Mr. Doyle? A. Correct. Assuming Mr. Doyle did not have that Q. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. ,iJ'. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C 12 , ' , 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 '" _Ii""",;,. DONALD RICHARDSON 48 hearing aid in when he was stopped by the police officer, then assuming that the police officer provided him an opportunity to retrieve his hearing aid and put it in, would not putting in a hearing aid be consistent with the treatment plan for a hearing impaired person? MR. HERSHEY: I object, not relevant. BY MR. KADA: Q. Mr. Richardson, I would like you to answer that question? A. Could you restate it please. Q. Assuming that when Mr. Doyle was stopped by a police officer he did not have in his hearing aid, assuming that the officer invited him to place his hearing aid in his ear, assuming Mr. Doyle did not do so, would that be consistent with the treatment plan for a hearing impaired person? A. No. Q. Would the declining of an offer to put in a hearing aid effect negatively his cognition of any speech reading and B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 1 0 ,< 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 " ,.'1 24 '~'_~"'_J.' DONALD RICHARDSON 49 communication that is going to occur after that? A. Yes. Q. Generally a person who wears a hearing aid, they do take them out occasionally, correct? A. Correct. Q. And you would advise someone about to have a conversation to put that hearing aid back in, correct? A. Correct. Q. And so a person who declines to put in a hearing aid is not fully complying with the treatment plan, correct? A. Correct. Q. So, assuming that when the officer encountered Mr. Doyle who was swaying, smelled of alcohol and had glassy and blood shot eyes, fumbled with his documents, admitted drinking, failed field sobriety tests, would you rule out to a degree of medical certainty that alcohol did not effect his decision to place in his, the hearing aid back into his ear? A. No. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. o r\ ~~, o 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 .' ~~i." DONALD RICHARDSON 50 Q. So by him declining to put in his hearing aid he was, in fact, hampering his ability to hear and understand the following conversa tion, correct? MR. HERSHEY: Assumes facts not in evidence. THE WITNESS: Do I answer that? BY MR. KADA: Q. Yes, please? A. Yes. Q. So Mr. Doyle, by not putting in his hearing aid actually hampered his ability, cognitive ability for any subsequent communication, correct? A. Correct. Q. How does Meniere's disease effect a person's ability to function? MR. HERSHEY: Objection to the form, that is not specific. BY MR. KADA: Q. How does Meniere's disease effect a person's ability to function? A. I can really only comment on its effects on communication. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. - o o ~ \~i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DONALD RICHARDSON Q. Would I need to speak to a medical doctor regarding a person's ability to function with Meniere's disease? A. Yes, you should. Q. But you would agree Meniere's disease has a negative impact on a person's ability to function; is that correct? A. When it is -- yes, when it is occurring, when the symptoms are occurring. Q. Now, has Mr. Doyle ever related to you any attacks or bouts of Meniere's disease? A. Yes. Q. Now, in your position as, if someone related to you they have episodes of some sort of condition or disease which severely effected their safety, their ability to safely operate a motor vehicle would you be compelled to report that to a medical authority that worked with A. Yes, I would refer them to a physician. Q. Have you ever referred Mr. Doyle to a physician? A. No. Q. But he has related to you the effects of B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. . . 51 ~" o o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~' > '" ,J '. '-I,';'; \~l , DONALD RICHARDSON 52 Meniere's disease? A. Yes. Q. Is he under treatment for Meniere's disease? A. Yes. Q. By whom? A. The ENT service here at the medical center. MR. KADA: No further questions. BY MR. HERSHEY: Q. Mr. Richardson, I have a few follow ups. Based upon your knowledge of Meniere's can one experience the symptoms of that disease and not be under the influence of alcohol? A. Yes. Q. I think you indicated, but I would like you to clarify, it's your testimony that Meniere's disease has an adverse effect on communication skills? A. Yes. Q. Is that your opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty? A. Correct. Q. You had mentioned vertigo as a symptom B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. " o Oi' ';-, ,:' o 23 24 1 2 3 4 5 6 . , ~I\~)- \':: DONALD RICHARDSON 53 of Meniere's; is that correct? A. Correct. Q. And is vertigo sometimes manifested through a person by swaying? A. Correct. Q. Is it also sometimes manifested by a 7 loss of balance? 8 A. Correc t. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Q. You were presented with evidence that Mr. Doyle had been stopped for a headlight violation as opposed to some other reason. A. Correct. Q. And further that he had experienced a Meniere's attack and further that he was administered field sobriety tests at the time when he had a low back problem. A. Correct. Q. Under those circumstances would your testimony be, would your opinion be that Mr. Doyle had decreased his communication skills because he was under the influence of alcohol? A. Correct. Q. Are you aware in any of your treatment with Mr. Doyle that he has been diagnosed with B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. "''' o 0/"1 '., " 0.,.,' , ~ ' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ~ ".J~o '"'"'" ","""" DONALD RICHARDSON 54 low back problems? A. Yes. Q. Do you know whether or not that was through the VA? A. I'm not sure, it is only as he has reported it. Q. If a trial court in this case, Mr. Richardson, ultimately finds that Mr. Doyle was not under the influence of alcohol would it be your opinion based upon your previous hypothetical that because of his other conditions, other medical conditions, that decreased his ability to communicate? A. Yes. Q. In your experience, Mr. Richardson, can a person exhibit an odor of alcohol without being cognitively impaired? A. Yes. 19 Q. Based upon your treatment of Mr. Doyle 20 thus far do you have any reservations about 21 22 23 24 his ability to safely operate a motor vehicle either due his hearing condition or his Meniere's condition? A. No. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. '{,} ,..","" "," ~ rJ ~ o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ~"'~ci""''''' , DONALD RICHARDSON 55 Q. Is that your opinion to a reasonable degree of professional certainty? A. Yes. MR. HERSHEY: No further questions. BY MR. KADA: Q. Mr. Richardson, assuming a person is experiencing a severe attack of Meniere's disease, that would include vertigo, correct? A. Correct. Q. It would also include possible nausea, sweating, correct? A. Correct. Q. Would it be possible for a person to be operating a motor vehicle at that time? A. Would it be? Q. Possible, for a person having a Meniere's disease attack to be operating a motor vehicle at that time? A. With limitations. Q. Could a person with a severe attack of Meniere's disease safely operate a motor vehicle? A. I would say no. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 o o M ~~ d' -" ',. ""*""",""",,,,,"ni' DONALD RICHARDSON 56 Q. Now, you had testified that in your opinion, with the odor of alcohol, a person cannot be cognitively impaired; is that correct? A. Correct. You testified earlier you didn't know if Q. the effects of alcohol effects the visual system, correct? A. Correct. So, on what basis are you forming that Q. opinion? A. Well, the cognitive is different from the visual in terms of communication skills. Q. So, are you saying a person with an odor of alcohol, say after one mouthful of alcohol, is not cognitively impaired? A. It's hard to say, I can't say that with certainty, it depends on the individual system. Q. So in your experience, with the odor of alcohol, you cannot determine if a person is cognitively impaired? A. That's correct. Q. But that certainly would be a clue, an B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 ," "",,,J~........'>;\;, DONALD RICHARDSON 57 indicator that a person is cognitively imp air ed, cor r e c t ? A. It is a red flag. MR. KADA: Thank you. No further questions. MR. HERSHEY: Mr. Richardson I thank you for your time. To the court reporter, I would request an expedited transcript in this matter. I am going to need it in less Thank you. than a week. (Witness excused.) (Deposition concluded.) B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. '''3 " -- " "-"""""""w.,,:-' DONALD RICHARDSON 58 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 C 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 0 23 24 k.E R T l...E.l..k.A T l..Q.N I, MAUREEN R. GALLAGHER, hereby certify that the testimony and the proceedings in the foregoing matter taken on March 15, 2002, and pages 1 through 57 are contained fully and accurately in the stenographic notes taken by me of this testimony are a true and correct transcript of the same. The foregoing certification of this transcript does not apply to any reproduction of the same by any means unless under the direct control and!or direction of the certifying shorthand reporter. B & R Services for Professionals, Inc. -~ ", ~ " ~OJ~l~l>-~~'" , , JAMES DOYLE, III v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 01 - /-0.;).7 C.,'u~L ~~ COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL ORDER OF COURT !d AND NOW, this z.(d, day of 04 ,2001 upon Petition of James Doyle, III, a hearing U,,~ ~ ':;;06.1 ,....- is set on the License Suspension Appeal for the ~ day of ~' 208't, at / tI . L/5i o'clockiLm. in Courtroom Number -/-' Cumberland County Courthouse, One Courthouse Square, Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, all proceedings to stay meanwhile. Notice of said hearing shall be given by Petitioner's counsel to the Department of Transportation at least sixty (60) days prior to the date of said hearing. Pursuant to Section 1550(b) of the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Code, Petitioner's appeal shall act as an automatic supersedeas, and Petitioner's operating privileges shall not be suspended pending a final determination in this matter. BY THE COURT: Distribution: J. Prothonotary's Office George Kabusk, Esquire, Penn DOT 1101 South Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 David E. Hershey, Esquire 2233 North Front Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110 ~ ~ 11).30.0/ + ~ /0/,) 1/~ I~ m "',, "'" . "... 'I' ," ~ ,.. '" '''''''''liIhfi'{[li'tl'i'ni'"ii'Jl{~('i''''j'''''' "1',""1',,"1'1""'11', "'1"','1',1"1',', ',1'"1'1'1 ", 'j',' '1'1" *""",',',1' '11.'.."~",'I",'i.. . . ... ... ".,." ,.. ".~. . .."". ...... ~ ... ""i]i:'rWil~4'r"'Mi"llli!f~'liil)~I'f,fl:lft1'rr:""iii'l~ OF " ,., ..,-"\r'c ,\ ~I;-> "I' ,0c- i' \ ~'-':"<'.<::i\ 11"--\~',1n<.~qy . !'-;" 'i i ~) r, ,-,,' \, ,\ 01 Geno CUM8cHLAHiJ COUNYY PENNSYLVANi/\ f" \ \. [,-j I,''''i . if r'.t. ~~1!1ll_1'_""!l~i~~~-ml/l'lFf~'ltIi"174'1'<;~'~!V'~J'"r\--"~'7"',"";'~'''''''''''"~''''~''~''f~''''''''F'''''''-r'"'r,...,~",*,,\I'i:',"~I~~'I'lm"~tfi!'fl!!I'!J~~ ~-' "'~~~'-~"""i.i,_ JAMES DOYLE, III v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 01-l..cM7 Cw~lT~ LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING : LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL AND NOW, comes Petitioner, James Doyle, III, by and through his attorneys, Mancke, Wagner, Hershey & Tully, and makes the following averments in support of this License Suspension Appeal: 1. Petitioner, James Doyle, III, is a Pennsylvania licensed driver with a residence address of 312 South Walnut Street, Dallastown, Pennsylvania 17313. 2. Respondent, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, has a mailing address at Riverfront Office Center, Third Floor, 1101 South Front Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania 17104-2516. 3. Petitioner was arrested by New Cumberland Borough Police on August 10, 2001 for an alleged violation of ~3731 of the Vehicle Code. 4. Petitioner received a notice of license suspension by way of letter dated September 21, 2001 from the Department of Transportation indicating that his Pennsylvania driving privileges are to be suspended on October 26,2001, at 12:01 a.m. for a period of one (1) year for a violation of Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 5. The proposed suspension is illegal, improper, and invalid for some or all of the following reasons: ~... ,c', _ '7'~4.;:.'ll'-.t~'. .' " " a. The arresting officer did not have reasonable grounds to believe that Petitioner was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. b. Petitioner requested the right to speak to counsel subsequent to his arrest and was not adequately provided O'Connell warnings in response to same. c. The proposed suspension is in violation of s1547 and case law. WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that this Court issue a supersedeas and stay the proposed suspension as outlined in the Department's notice of September 21. 2001 and schedule a hearing to determine the validity of the suspension proposed by the Department in Exhibit "A". Respectfully submitted, MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY BbaWd'~~;: 1.0. #43092 2233 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 234-7051 Date: . . ' f! .~' r", -,/ - VERIFICATION ,,, ,.' ~. '"~~.~""-~"''',.,,.~,~ > I verify that the statements made in the foregoing document are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief. I understand that false statements herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. 34904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities. Date: '0/ r fJouf- lIT B9!24!2BB1 12:21 2159727B4B , SELF SERVICE STORAGE PAGE B2 lit,; COHMONWEAlTH OF fENNSVl~ANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Bureau of Driver Licensing Hail Date: SEPTEMBER 21, 2001 JAnES " DOYLE III 31c SOUTH WALNUT ST DALLASTOWH PA 17313 WID. 01257bl12ql~134 001 PROCESSING lATE 0~/14/2DDl DRIVER LICENSt. 1~S2a'" DATE OF BIRTH 11/13/1~44 I)ear. ~DOYlE , ThiS is an Officlal Notice 01 the SusDenelon of your Driving Privilege as authorized by Section lSQ7 of the PennsYlvania Yehicle Code. As a result of your violation of Section 1547 at the Yehicle COde, CHEMICAL TEST REFUSAL, on'08/10/2001: · Your driving privihlle is SUSPENDED for a p...iad of 1 YIAR{S) effective 10'26'2001 at 12:01 a... ~~...**.....**.....***.~.....~*.**.~..........**........... I WARNING: If YOU are convicted of driving while YOUr I I license 1s suspended/revoked the ~enalties will be. I I MINIMUM of ~O days imprisonment AND. 1,000 fine AND I r YOUr driving privilege will be suspended/revok.d for (- I a MINIMUM 1 year period I ..~.******.*..*...*******..***.***.*~**~***...*..**~.****.. COMPLYING WITH THIS SUSPENSION You must return all cu~rent PennSYlvania driver's licenses, learner's permits, temporary driver's licens.s (camera cards) in YOur possession on or befo~e 10/26/2001, You may surrenoer tf\'i$e' Hen -liij'fiir.";' ''''-1 O/26-izifoi';' far ..rUer creditJ howe'er, YOU may not drive after these items are surrendered. YOU MAY NeT RETAIN YOUR DRIV~R'S LIC!NSE FOR IDENTIFICATION PUR.POSES. However, you may apPly for and obtain a photo identificatian card at any Driver license Center far a cost of 9.00. You must pres.nt two (2) formS of proper iden- tification (e.g., birth certificate, 'alid U.S. passport, ..rriage certificate, etc.) in order to obtain your photo identification card. You will not rleelv. credit tDward ..r"ing any .uIPenalan until w. receive your 1:I....n88(.). Complete the followinll steps to acknowledge this susPension. , ~ '~ ~ '--V~'i'l..a:~:-li 09!24!2001 1J'21 2159727040 SELF ~RVICE STORAGE PAGE 03 012576112919134 APPEi\L You have the right to apP.al this action to the Court of, COlllllon Phas (Civil Division) within 30 days of the l1Ia11 lIah, SEPTEMBER 21. 2001. of thh lethr. 3:f YOU 1'118 an' appeal 1n the county Court, the Court will give .YOU a time- ata_ad cert11'led COpy 01' the appeel. In order for your aPP..l to be va11d. You must send this tillle-stal1lped certi- fied COPl! of the appeal by certified mail tOI PennsYlvania nepartlllent of Transportation Office of Chief Counsel ..-Bt.!!..!L.Fl_'!!!!:.L!!..tv.u.f./",pl:lt. OffiCe Cenhr ...,., __ _ _" _ 0.,__'_ HarrisburD, PI. 17104-2516 ReIIellber. this is an OFFICIAL NOTICE OF SUSPENSION. You must return all current PennSYlvania driver license prodUcts to PennDOT by 10/~6/2001. , Sincerely. .~'S,~ Rebecca L. Bickley, Director Bureau of Driver licenSing IN STATE OUT-Of-STATE WEB SITE ADDRESS INFORMATION 7100 a.llI. to 9100 0.... 1-800-932-4&00 TDD IN STATE 717-391-6190 TOD OUT-OF-STATE www.dot.state.pa.us 1~800-22B-061' 717-391-&191 "'-~ -' ~ ..;., ,&_~ ,"' "..,;,r;rill""" CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Tammy L Kelly, an employee of the law firm of MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TUllY, hereby certify that I am this day serving a copy of the foregoing document to the attorneys or parties of record in the manner indicated below, which service satisfies the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, by depositing a copy of same in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the tLP ~y of October, 2001, at the address listed below: George Kabusk, Esquire PA Department of Transportation Riverfront Office Center, Third Floor 11 01 South Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 B~ LI\ ld O^l 1 Tammy L Kelly c..:=='(J MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & lUll Y , --.~"'''"u"'' ~!l'Miiil:iililli~.;wili.""" ~~Mb ..L"'1_ ~~~ 81/ IIUL,' .,..,LI,.~.., ...........,., ,- l!Mi;!lll............. -- ~:ct< ;"d-i"'"",e,,,,-;,";..J,,';;'~''',*",,,~\l,l...,, .-,"~ t~ t..J ..0 .........~ ~ ~ i5 "n ,.? .~_ _ ,~,~,~~",. ,,", ~,,",~ '"",_~__~" U """'- ~ ~ -g -\ lI'\ . ~~~ I ~ V I ~::? P--r ~ .......... () C;,l () (;) c: -n s: 0 - -0 CO ("") r-ii ~l? men -i z'~ ,m ~~ zc;,:, '0 '-'';? CI'.)~ , -<,~.. '-. ~C7 ~: V ;5M ~() ..1-. ;{;:3 r:- z .. :;;j =< (Jl :0 -< ".~, ,. ~_. '''<,''"' "_',"'~"~"M ''''''''~_', - , -. ,"" I.' L , .-... . JAMES DOYLE, III u-' _ '." IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA v. NO. 01-6027 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL ORDER AND NOW, this 3ls + day of -J.a..Tl~ 2002, upon motion of Petitioner and noting that the Department of Transportation, through co~nsel, George Kabusk, Esquire, has no objection and noting the reasons supporting same, said motion is hereby ~d . The above- "'J~ mentioned appeal is hereby rescheduled for the~ day of March, 2002 at /!.3tJ f,m. in Courtroom #1. BY THE COURT: c!/~ Distribution: Oe".:::t')--.t"Cl E5eC;;:~e Kabusk, Esq., PennDOT ." \ ~ 11p;iS. FrontSt., Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 LnY'>J'Rt:::J f'[~ ~d E. Hershey, Esq. > -r-- v1 ' 2233 N. Front St., Harrisburg, PA 17110 R .3 . - OA-Oro~ ~/tJ~ (') c ~ ifj ~}~ ~'";"" 2~5:~ --<.:::;:. ~d ),~ :z:Q :t....,c) c 2: ::< t'~~i; (,'J N -., ", trJ C) ''Tt .,-{ !--i~: :"!J . ,_c"" =:z - ,,-,'-, si~5 6F% :;j :u -< N c- ....; _."",'.;'dL.,,~j,j\-",'_ . , JAMES DOYLE, III v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 01-6027 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO THE HONORABLE WESLEY J. OlER, JUDGE OF THE ABOVE-SAID COURT: AND NOW, comes Petitioner, James Doyle, III, by and through his attorneys, Mancke, Wagner, Hershey & Tully, and makes the following averments in support of this Motion for Continuance: 1. A timely license suspension appeal was filed from the Department's notice of chemical test refusal. 2. The hearing is presently scheduled for February 4, 2002 at1 0:45 in Courtroom #1. 3. Petitioner has an expert witness in the form of a speech therapist who is also his treating specialist whose office is located at the Veteran's Memorial Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4. Petitioner's speech therapist is unavailable due to his schedule to travel to Cumberland County to give testimony in this matter. 5. Counsel for the Department of Transportation, George Kabusk, Esquire, has been consulted regarding this request for continuance and has indicated that he has no objection to moving this case to March 23, 2002 to allow lime for Petitioner's expert witness to be deposed via telephonic deposition. '6, ~ " ""","~ ~ -, "~-M'~;( .... 6. The above procedure has previously been utilized with the Department in license suspension appeal cases. 7. It is believed and therefore averred that the continuance will allow sufficient time to schedule the audio deposition with Donald Richardson, MACCC, Speech Language Pathologist. WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays Your Honorable Court continue the above-captioned matter until March 23, 2002 for the reasons outlined above. Respectfully submitted, Date: 01/28/02 MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY r BY~ Da . Hershey, Esquire 1.0.#43092 2233 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 234-7051 -,. , "'~""-'''''--,I<< )l'~;'lli .. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Tammy L. Kelly, an employee of the law firm of MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY, hereby certify that I am this day serving a copy of the foregoing document to the attorneys or parties of record in the manner indicated below, which service satisfies the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, by depositing a copy of same in the United States Mail, postage prepaid, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on the 28th day of January, 2002 at the address listed below: George Kabusk, Esquire PA Department of Transportation Riverfront Office Center, Third Floor 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 B}C ~ --hk-l\DO I A Tammy L. Kelly ~C MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY -, ;'i~~,,-,i~~~,"~I,,~.M;Hmli!1l!Jtiillllil:illlAdj;,1i'I,'iiiiJt.<@,,'",i:S<l"-'&1l~~''-)'#~-i~;'':i~o!'"';\;''''''''~;'','1<!t.l.~\\I>l~mi!lI__!I!f;l_'II-'''''''''''''_'''.'''''_ IILiJJ.i!I"l;,c~Ull!llll!t,I!WUIl!lL,J1L".[~.IL .,.~.. _ , ~< d " _<~ ",,~,""_~,"_'_''''__'.'' , , ", o (- ~ "0'- n- r;.C,' ;ig} ..c.~r ~j' '*....-' ?rl :t~ <5 c: 2:: :;! ,,~<-- uc" ~, M~ ..=,'~ __, ~~ ,~.n"~ C:> (;:) ~<; a S"'\.) c~ ~bllo C'\ '17 '''''- ^:. 0:> :,f-;-I - ~,' ,-,: i'J: -,.,. _.~. :- -~', .3~t (---'.:fl'1 Sf ::v -< ~ , ~- " . , ~ '---J " '.;- JAMES DOYLE, III, Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA v. CIVIL ACTION - LAW LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, Defendant No. 01-6027 CIVIL TERM ORDER OF COURT AND NOW, this 21st day of March, 2002, upon consideration of the appeal from license suspension filed in the above-captioned matter, and following a second period of hearing held on this date, and the hearing having not yet been concluded, the record shall remain open, and a further period of hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 6, 2002, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom No.1, Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. It is noted that, at the time of the second adjournment on today's date, the Appellee/Respondent, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, had completed presentation of the testimony of Officer Brian Staley of the New Cumberland Borough Police Department, and Defendant's counsel had completed the cross-examination of Officer Staley. It is further noted that at the time of the second adjournment, Commonwealth's Exhibit 1 (DL-26 form) had been identified and admitted. No further exhibits had ~,~ "~ " ,^ ~ 'J .~'" ". l_' '\iJ['J!.r.U(, been identified or admitted. At the time of the second adjournment, the Commonwealth was preparing to call Agent Ralph Richwine as its second witness. ~avid Hershey, Esquire For the Plaintiff ~orge Kabusk, Esquire For the Defendant wcy By the Court, L crple~ ~ \e.d ...) 03-627-02 L ~3 ,", '.~~ ~ , ' ~l,~ 'ii"'MW', .., o JAMES DOYLE, III, Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA v. CIVIL ACTION - LAW LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, Defendant No. 01-6027 CIVIL TERM IN RE: LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL DAY ONE Proceedings held before the Honorable J. WESLEY OLER, JR., Judge, on Thursday, March 21, 2002, commencing in the Divorce Master's Hearing Room, 9 North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, at 2:25 p.m., and reconvening in Courtroom No.1, Cumberland County Courthouse, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, at 3:12 p.m. APPEARANCES: David Hershey, Esquire For the Plaintiff George Kabusk, Esquire For the Defendant '1 '" ~- ~ ~" , ''''-"~'-,~,,,.-,-"..'->'-;'~''- ~__--.d _,.1 ,~, ' " . .t!.l~_""'","" ~,~.~._, >'\'~~,"-'--'~-e':o., '''-n.''_ ;"",,-",,".~.~-.-,". "it]" i': 1"::..c,;~rT::E - '~:,~,,-~.-~,.i,r'.I\!:jT tRY - , "',! "'.' L ,,~ " " 'f;> ~pc: i M'IID: 3[1 U~R . " ',',' ", r-nUN'" CUhlicd--;u"du \.f..... I I i PENNSYLVANIA . liD _, ~",.""~1l'~~il\"",;J'1\'~j"%.-_'",,wW"ffi:;',,m)I~,~!1mf'Wli;-l'J!llH!~'!IWi!m11'41"',i"~miljlffir'!i!j!''''ff~Pm'/l~~I~ .~W ^ ". . <~"'_ .;, _ "~j o o I N D E X TOW I T N E SSE S FOR THE DEFENDANT Brian Staley DIRECT CROSS REDIRECT RECROSS 4 21 49 I N D E X TOE X H I BIT S FOR THE DEFENDANT No. 1 - DL-26 form MARKED 12 ADMITTED 18 " > 'C---~-iJ.ll:ll3~\il o o 1 2 3 March 21, 2002 Divorce Master's Hearing Room 2:25 p.m. 4 THE COURT: This is the time for a hearing 5 in the case of James Dovle. III. versus Commonwealth of 6 Pennsvlvania, DeDartment of TransDortation, Bureau of 7 Driver Licensinq, at No. 01-6027 CIVIL TERM. This is a 8 license suspension appeal case. We will let the record 9 indicate that the Appellant/Petitioner, James Doyle, III, 10 is present with his counsel, David E. Hershey, Esquire. 11 The Commonwealth is represented today by George Kabusk, 12 Esquire. Did counsel wish to make opening statements or 13 proceed directly to the evidence? 14 MR. HERSHEY: I don't have any opening 15 statements. 16 MR. KABUSK: The Department is ready to 17 proceed, Your Honor. 18 THE COURT: All right. Mr. Kabusk. 19 MR. KABUSK: By official notice dated 20 September 21st, 2001, the Department notified James M. 21 Doyle, III, driver's license number 16528999 that as a 22 result of his violation of Section 1547 of the Vehicle 23 Code, related to chemical test refusal on 8/10 of 2001, his 24 driving privilege was being suspended for a period of one 25 year. The Department now calls Officer Brian Staley. 3 "L '.~.j~:r,.iw o o 1 2 Whereupon, BRIAN STALEY 3 having been duly sworn, testified as follows: 4 DIRECT EXAMINATION 5 BY MR. KABUSK: 6 Q Officer Staley, please state your name, 7 spell your name for the record? 8 A Brian Staley. S-t-a-l-e-y. 9 Q Where are you employed? 10 A New Cumberland Borough. 11 Q During the course of your official duties, 12 have you had occasion to investigate an alleged incident of 13 DUI on or about August 10th of 2001? 14 A Yes. 15 16 Q A please tell the Court about that incident? On this date, it was approximately 1:28 in 17 the morning, I was operating a marked police cruiser in 18 full uniform, conducting patrol activities. I had just 19 turned south onto Poplar Avenue from Fourth Street and was 20 traveling south on Poplar when I noticed a passenger car 21 stopped at the intersection of Third and Poplar. 22 This particular vehicle had a driver's side 23 headlight out. As I continued through the 300 block of 24 Poplar Avenue towards the Third Street intersection, the 25 vehicle remained stopped at the stop sign. Once in the 4 ~,~ "" J'nJ. ;~~,,,l_~,o:__. o o 1 intersection, the vehicle proceeded into the 300 block of 2 Third Street. I initiated a traffic stop at the 3 intersection of Fourth Street and Poplar Avenue for 4 violation of Pennsylvania Vehicle Code pertaining to 5 general lighting requirements. 6 Q Prior to that, did you notice anything 7 unusual about the stop? 8 A At the time of the stop, the Defendant's 9 vehicle was not pulled off the road but came to a stop at 10 the intersection. 11 12 Q A How is that unusual? Well, generally when someone activates their 13 emergency lights, a person will go off to the right-hand 14 side of the road. He stopped right at the intersection. 15 Q Okay. Thank you. Please proceed. 16 A Upon walking up to the driver's side of the 17 vehicle, I spoke with the operator of the vehicle who was 18 identified later to be James Doyle who's seated here today 19 beside defense counsel. At that time I explained the 20 reason for the stop, and I had asked him if he was aware of 21 it, and he indicated he was not aware of it. 22 I indicated-- I asked him if he wanted to 23 look at the violation that I had stopped him for. He 24 indicated that he did. So we-- while we were speaking 25 initially there at the window, from approximately a foot or 5 " --- .. '"" I, ~, "",-,:". o o 1 so, maybe two feet away, I could smell alcoholic beverages 2 emitting from the Defendant. As we walked, moved to the 3 front of the vehicle, I noticed Mr. Doyle stagger. Outside 4 of the vehicle, I noticed that he was swaying and that his 5 eyes were red and bloodshot. 6 And I could from a distance of approximately 7 three feet or so, I could again smell the odor of alcoholic 8 beverages emitting from him. At that time I asked to see 9 his driver's license, registration, insurance, and we moved 10 back to the-- I'm sorry, the Defendant moved back to the 11 vehicle, entered the vehicle again, and at that time he 12 handed me his driver's license but did not give me the 13 registration or the insurance. 14 I asked the second time for the registration 15 and insurance. At that time I noticed that Mr. Doyle had 16 the registration card and the insurance card. He handed me 17 the registration card and was fumbling with the insurance 18 card but did not hand it to me and started to put it away. 19 Then I asked the third time for the 20 insurance card, and he proceeded to give it to me. These 21 were some clues that I picked up on based on my training to 22 perhaps that there might have been some type of cognitive 23 impairment here. Thus, I asked, I engaged in brief 24 conversation with the Defendant regarding where he was 25 coming from, where he was headed. In speaking with him 6 .. ~ ,~~,~ o o 1 additionally, I could smell the odor of alcoholic beverages 2 upon his breath. 3 I had asked him if he had been drinking. He 4 indicated that he had, I believe, one beer earlier. At 5 that point I asked him if he would be willing to submit to 6 field sobriety tests. He indicated that he would. We-- as 7 the Defendant exited the vehicle, I noticed that he used 8 his hand and placed it on the door to exit the vehicle. As 9 we moved back to the rear of the vehicle between his car 10 and my patrol vehicle, again I noticed him to sway. I 11 explained and demonstrated the field sobriety tests which 12 included the walk and turn. The Defendant scored a six 13 clues out of a possible eight clues on the walk and turn. 14 And I demonstrated the one-leg stand. The one-leg stand 15 resulted in a maximum of four clues. 16 THE COURT: Can you be specific as to which 17 clues were scored in the walk and turn and in the one-leg 18 stand? 19 THE WITNESS: Sure. During the instruction 20 stage of the walk and turn, I noticed that the 21 Defendant's-- after he had been instructed to put his right 22 foot directly in front of his left foot, heel-to-toe, that 23 his feet broke apart and stepped out of that position. And 24 I also noted that he started to walk too soon on another 25 attempt after being instructed to remain in that position 7 - ,,,,-c' H__' ''ll)f~j o o 1 with his right foot directly in front of his left foot. 2 Once he did begin the test, Mr. Doyle took 3 steps not heel-to-toe, but rather, I would measure and 4 estimate, about a foot apart, with his feet to the side of 5 his lead foot, essentially walking a normal walk rather 6 than how it was instructed and demonstrated to him, which I 7 counted to be missing heel-to-toe and stepping off line. 8 As he did his first nine steps, I noticed 9 that he raised his arms. When he got to the end of nine 10 steps, rather than pivoting on his lead left foot and 11 taking a series of small steps with his right foot, he 12 lifted his pivot foot and a couple large steps with his 13 right foot, turned around quickly, began to walk nine steps 14 back, stumbled, put his right hand on the fender of his 15 vehicle on the passenger side, and continued his nine steps 16 then, again approximately a foot in between steps. The 17 steps were not in line, as far as directly in front of each 18 other, and he had his arms raised. That's how I came to 19 score six clues. 20 On the one-leg stand, what had happened was, 21 after giving the instructions, Mr. Doyle raised his leg or 22 extended his leg, and he put his-- I noticed that during 23 the initial ten second block, that he swayed that his torso 24 or his extended leg was swaying back and forth, that he 25 used his arms to balance himself in that he raised them 8 \ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 -'"- "~-~"'.""",""",, Id-i~*~&f! o o from the sides about waist level, which would be approximately 18 inches or so away from his body, and that he put his foot down. I again noticed the same clues during the second block, 11 and 20 seconds. And then between the 20 and 30 second block, Mr. Doyle raised his leg from extension, almost bent it upward toward his torso to hold his leg up. And he put his foot down again during this particular time block. Thus, I scored him a maximum of four clues. Based upon the training that I've had 12 regarding DUI investigation and detection, based upon my 13 experiences having made previous DUI arrests, signs that 14 there was impairment which would include muscle control, 15 some cognitive impairment, and based upon the fact that I 16 had the physical signs of alcohol use which would include 17 the bloodshot eyes which were glassy, the smell of 18 alcoholic beverages, and his admission to drinking at least 19 one beer, I made a decision at approximately 141 hours that 20 morning to arrest Mr. Doyle for DUI. 21 BY MR. KABUSK: 22 Q Officer Staley, how many field sobriety 23 tests did you conduct? 24 A There was the walk and turn, the one-leg 25 stand, and then the HGN. 9 ,.', .~ -, ,~ o o 1 Q Okay. And what did you determine regarding 2 the HGN test? 3 MR. HERSHEY: We have to object to that, 4 Your Honor, without a scientific foundation establishing 5 both general acceptance of that test in the scientific 6 community and the qualifications of a police officer to 7 render an opinion on the scientific issue correlating the 8 presence of eye gaze nystagmus with impairment due to 9 alcohol and further correlation of eye gaze nystagmus with 10 the ability of someone to safely operate a motor vehicle. 11 THE COURT: Mr. Kabusk, do you have a 12 response to that objection? 13 MR. KABUSK: Your Honor, I'm just asking the 14 officer the results of that in regard to reasonable 15 grounds. I'm not trying to prove the fact of the HGN. I'm 16 just asking if he passed or failed the HGN. 17 THE COURT: Do you have any cases on point 18 19 20 21 for this type of hearing? MR. KABUSK: THE COURT: MR. HERSHEY: No, I don't. Do you, Mr. Hershey? In the context of a DOT 22 license suspension appeal hearing, I'm not aware that there 23 are any cases, Your Honor. 24 THE COURT: All right. I'll err on the side 25 of caution and sustain the objection. 10 "'.,'-'-~-:-, k_ - --t;~i o o 1 BY MR. KABUSK: 2 Q Officer Staley, during the course of this 3 initial interaction with the Petitioner, did you notice 4 anything unusual about him in how he responded to your 5 commands and your conversations? 6 A Initially, when speaking with him there at 7 the window and at the front of the car, I did not notice 8 anything out of the ordinary. Once we had moved back to 9 the rear of the vehicle to do field sobriety, Mr. Doyle 10 indicated that he didn't have his hearing aid in, and I 11 offered to allow him the opportunity to retrieve it, put it 12 in. He chose not to. During field sobriety, there were a 13 couple of times where he would ask me to repeat, which I 14 did, in a louder voice. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Q After you repeated it, what did you determine in regard to the reception of that communication? A Mr. Doyle appeared with his body language, shaking of his head, that he understood and then we moved on to the next instructions of the test itself. Q Okay. Did he tell you of any other conditions that he has? A After I had arrested him and I was in a 23 position, what we call a position of advantage, which was, 24 I had handcuffed him and was transporting him back to my 25 police vehicle, he indicated that he had, what I thought at 11 -', "' liil" _i trui o o 1 the time he said, Myers disease, but as it turns out 2 apparently, it's Meniere's disease. 3 Q Well, I'll just ask you, after you 4 determined to place him under arrest, then what happened? 5 A I transported him to the West Shore Booking 6 Center, which we arrived at approximately 1:57 a.m. that 7 8 morning. Q It was during the transport that he told 9 you-- 10 A It was actually after I advised him that he 11 was under arrest for DUI. I had handcuffed him and was 12 taking him back to my vehicle when he indicated that he had 13 some type of disease. 14 Q Okay. Then what happened? 15 A We transported-- well, his vehicle was 16 secured. His friend was found a ride home, and then we 17 transported him to the West Shore Booking Center. At that 18 time when we arrived, I read Mr. Doyle PA PennDOT form 19 DL-26, the Implied Consent Law. 20 21 22 Q A Is this the form that you read to him? Yes. MR. KABUSK: I move to have this marked as 23 Commonwealth's Exhibit NO.1. 24 (Whereupon, Commonwealth's Exhibit 1 25 was marked for identification.) 12 '~' 1 2 3 4 5 ." -oJ, ""~~~t, o o BY MR. KABUSK: Q Please proceed. A When I read the DL-26 form to Mr. Doyle, I read sections or those items numbered one, two, three, and four, and subsection letters a, b, and c to him. 6 Q Could you read aloud what you read to him? 7 A Yes. 8 THE COURT: Would you read slowly for the 9 stenographer? 10 THE WITNESS: I'll try, Your Honor. 11 THE COURT: Thank you. 12 THE WITNESS: Please be advised that you are 13 now under arrest for Driving under the Influence of alcohol 14 or a controlled substance pursuant to Section 3731 of the 15 Vehicle Code. I am requesting that you submit to a 16 chemical test of breath. It is my duty as a police officer 17 to inform you that you if you refuse to submit to the 18 chemical test, your operating privilege will be suspended 19 for a period of one year. 20 The constitutional rights you have as a 21 criminal Defendant, commonly known as the Miranda rights, 22 including the right to speak with a lawyer and the right to 23 remain silent, apply only to criminal prosecutions and do 24 not apply to the chemical testing procedure under 25 Pennsylvania's Implied Consent Law, which is a civil not a 13 , ~ """, .J;.~'-.b!t~i 0'" , o 1 criminal proceeding. 2 You have no right to speak to a lawyer or 3 anyone else before taking the chemical test requested by 4 the police officer nor do you have a right to remain silent 5 when asked by the police officer to submit to the chemical 6 test. Unless you agree to submit to the test requested by 7 the police officer, your conduct will be deemed a refusal 8 and your operating privilege will be suspended for one 9 year. Your refusal to submit to chemical testing under the 10 Implied Consent Law may be introduced into evidence in a 11 criminal prosecution for driving while under the influence 12 of alcohol or a controlled substance. 13 BY MR. KABUSK: 14 Q Then what happened? 15 A After reading that to Mr. Doyle, I then 16 afforded Mr. Doyle the opportunity to review it on his own. 17 I placed it in front of him. He took it in his hands and 18 placed it in front of his body as if he was reading it or 19 reviewing the information. This lasted for several 20 minutes. In total, this review of the DL-26 lasted for 21 approximately 20 to 25 minutes. 22 During that time, he would-- he indicated 23 that he wanted to talk to a lawyer, and then I readvised 24 him that he had no right to speak to a lawyer or anyone 25 else before taking the chemical test, and I pointed out 14 . < "'.liil~- "liQ~-"!fi/ o o 1 subsection letter b on the DL-26 form. He had other-- he 2 had indicated that he didn't understand. When I would ask 3 him if he wanted to take the test, he would respond by 4 saying he didn't understand or he wanted to speak to a 5 lawyer. 6 After, I would estimate, maybe three or four 7 times of asking Mr. Doyle if he was going to submit to the 8 breath test, his answer at approximately 2:25 or 2:22, 9 somewhere in that time frame, was, no, that he didn't 10 believe being arrested-- being-- excuse me, I'll have to 11 look at my report. He didn't believe that having a 12 headlight out warranted being arrested. And there or 13 shortly thereafter, I transferred custody to Booking Agents 14 Richwine, Lang, and Brandt, and I departed. 15 Q Now during this period of time when you're 16 at the Booking Center and going over the DL-26, how did Mr. 17 Doyle appear to respond to you? 18 A I would say, he was normal. It was normal 19 interaction. We would engage in conversation. He would 20 ask questions. I would answer it. He would then pick the 21 paper back up and look at it some more. I didn't detect 22 anything out of the ordinary there. 23 Q Did he appear to read the DL-26? 24 A Yes, he did. 25 Q Did he-- did you notice any physical or 15 " > -,,", o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 medical disabilities? A No. Q Did he tell you of any physical or medical disabilities? A Q A Not at the Booking Center. Prior to that, what did he tell you? He indicated that he had a-- he wore a 8 hearing aid, and then later he said that he had some type 9 of disease. Like I said, I thought it was Myers disease, 10 but it turns out, it was worded a little bit differently. 11 Q And regarding the hearing aid, did you offer 12 to allow him to put the hearing aid in? 13 A Yes, I did. 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q A Q And what was his response? No. Did he tell you-- was that in response? He said, no? A He shrugged it off. I believe his body language was, he shrugged it off, and he said, no, or he shook his head, no, or he didn't need it-- I don't remember exactly how he verbalized it, but it was a combination of orally saying, no, and his body language were consistent with each other. Q So did he appear to be understanding what you were telling him during this encounter? . 16 , , l " < it!,;;,~" 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ,-" -'-' ,.:. I_il.~.~-: , o o A I believe so, yes. Q Did he ever submit to the requested test? A No. Q And why was that-- how did he-- how did you take it to be a refusal? A After approximately 20 minutes of this review, I had asked him, will you take the breath test or submit to the breath test? His response was, no. He verbally expressed, no, and then had a qualifying or an additional statement, that having a headlight out didn't warrant being arrested. At that time, based upon the time frame that we were taking here, the fact that I had asked him at least three or four times previous to this, this time, and he didn't give me an answer at that point, I deemed his conduct to be a refusal after he verbally said, no. Q Now when you were speaking to him in regard to the DL-26 and requesting him to submit, you had testified earlier that he what, asked for an attorney, and what were his other responses? A He would like to speak to a lawyer, and the other ones were that he didn't understand. Q And is that what he said or did he ask you 24 other questions? 25 A That's what I recall. 17 ~~ ., .. -,,~, "' 1,-, '''''~,,; o o 1 Q Okay. And you what, then turned him over to 2 the Booking Center? 3 A That's correct. 4 Q Do you know what particular booking agent 5 was on duty? 6 A Sure, it was Ralph Richwine, Agent Lang, and 7 I believe Agent Brandt. 8 MR. KABUSK: I move for the admission of 9 what's been marked as Commonwealth's Exhibit NO.1. 10 THE COURT: Mr. Hershey. 11 MR. HERSHEY: Which one did you mark, 12 George? If I could just take a look at it? 13 MR. KABUSK: Right there. I provided Mr. 14 Hershey with a copy of the DL-26. 15 MR. HERSHEY: I have no objection to the 16 admission of Exhibit 1. 17 THE COURT: Commonwealth's Exhibit 1 is 18 admitted. 19 (Whereupon, Commonwealth's Exhibit 1 was 20 admitted into evidence.) 21 MR. KABUSK: Okay. No further questions at 22 this time for this officer. 23 THE COURT: I just have one question, if I 24 might. 25 BY THE COURT: 18 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "-'~ _,-I _~,I _'~ o o 1 Q You mentioned that you had prior training in 2 detecting the offense of Driving under the Influence. Can 3 you be anymore specific about the training? A Sure, Your Honor. I've received the certificate of instruction from the Cumberland County District Attorney's office regarding the administering of SFST's. I'm also certified by the state as an Intoxilyzer 5000 EN operator. I've participated in DUI checkpoints as well as roving patrols. At this time, I believe, approximately 30 to 35 DUI arrests. Q By this time, do you mean the time of-- A Of August 10th. Q All right. I think you said you had had eight previous Driving under the Influence arrests. Did I misunderstand? A Q A Q I'm not sure. You feel you had how many? Oh, I would say, probably 30 or 35. Okay. And your certificate from the 20 Cumberland County District Attorney's office represented 21 what in terms of training? 22 A That I had received training in the 23 administration of standardized field sobriety tests. 24 25 Q A And can you detail the training? Sure. That is a course that is-- involves 19 ~ ~-.' ," ,~., )c~..~; "'" v o 1 classroom instruction in what to look for in people who 2 have been drinking alcoholic beverages, what to look for in 3 people who are operating vehicles under the influence of 4 alcohol. It includes your practical examination or 5 practical in which you repeat the tests with other 6 participants in the class and review in front of 7 instructors. 8 How long a course is it? Q 9 Twenty-four hours. A 10 THE COURT: We will take a recess at this 11 point. 12 (Whereupon, a recess was taken at 2:45 p.m.) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 I 20 :g; " "",,,,",~~', ~i--.;,i;b~IOk'" o o 1 2 3 4 March 21, 2002 Courtroom No. 1 3:12 p.m. THE COURT: We will let the record indicate 5 that the Court is again in session in the case of James 6 Dovle, III, versus Commonwealth of Pennsvlvania. DeDartment 7 of TransDortation. Bureau of Driver Licensinq, at No. 8 01-6027 CIVIL TERM. Earlier on this date, the Court had 9 adjourned with a view toward continuing the hearing on a 10 subsequent date. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 However, conditions are such that we are able to continue the case on this date, and we will let the record indicate that the Appellant/Petitioner is present in court with his counsel, David Hershey, Esquire, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, which is the Appellee/Respondent in the case is represented by George Kabusk, Esquire. Officer Staley, I believe you were about to be cross-examined by Mr. Hershey. And you are still under oath. CROSS EXAMINATION BY MR. HERSHEY: Q Officer Staley, good afternoon. You didn't, in your observations of Mr. Doyle's vehicle, observe any erratic driving, is that correct? 21 -- 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 .l--~'-i1<V o o 1 A Not what I would consider erratic, no. 2 Q Now you had originally indicated-- scratch 3 that. You've testified in other proceedings related to 4 this case, is that correct? 5 A Yes. 6 Q And you've prepared a criminal complaint 7 charging an alleged violation of Driving under the 8 Influence in conjunction with this case, is that correct? A Yes. Q In your original criminal complaint, you had indicated the time of the violation to be 1:49 a.m., is that correct? A On my report, it did appear to be 1:49. At the preliminary hearing, we did make an amendment to that to read 1: 41 . Q Okay. Acknowledging then that you made that 17 amendment at the preliminary hearing change in the time of 18 the stop, do you concede that you made an error in 19 reporting what time a particular event in Mr. Doyle's case 20 transpired? 21 A In the affidavit, the time is accurate. 22 It's 1:41. On the front, on the criminal complaint itself, 23 it says 1:49. That was the time of transport. 24 Q Okay. Did you also previously testify that 25 the time that you arrested Mr. Doyle was 0121? 22 ',>.s "'~ . ~~i'''D;' o e 1 A Not to my recollection. 2 Q Okay. Do you recall testifying in a 3 preliminary hearing regarding this incident before District 4 Justice Clement? 5 6 7 8 A Yes. MR. HERSHEY: May I approach the witness, Your Honor? THE COURT: Certainly. 9 BY MR. HERSHEY: 10 Q Officer Staley, I'm handing you a transcript 11 of preliminary hearing dated December 17th, 2001, before 12 District Justice Charles Clement. And I'm referring to 13 page 12, line 11. Could you read that to yourself, please? 14 A Okay. 15 16 17 Q Did you have an opportunity to review that transcript? A This is the first I've seen it. 18 Q Okay. Did you testify before District 19 Justice Clement that the time of arrest was 0121? 20 A On the transcript, it says I did. 21 Q Okay. Now if I understood your original 22 testimony earlier today, you were traveling on Fourth 23 Street, is that correct? Is that your testimony today? 24 A I was, but are you referring to when I first 25 observed Mr. Doyle's vehicle? 23 , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 , -"k"-'!ilm~;d o o Q A Yes. That was on Poplar Avenue. Okay. Which vehicle was on Poplar, yours or Q his? A Both of us. Q Okay. Do you recall, after the traffic stop, observing Mr. Doyle's registration card to be inside a plastic folder? A No, I don't remember that. Q You don't remember either way, whether it 11 was true or not true? 12 A I don't remember. 13 Q Okay. When you indicated to Mr. Doyle that 14 he had a headlight out, did you have him walk to the front 15 of his vehicle to view the headlight? 16 A I asked him if he wanted to look for 17 himself. He indicated that he did. So we moved to the 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 front of the vehicle. Q Okay. Did he lean over to look at the headlight? A We moved far enough in front of the vehicle that he could see it from standing upright. Q Okay. Is it a correct statement that when you stopped Mr. Doyle, he was not wearing his hearing aid at that time when you stopped him? 24 _."--~ , ~- ~<~~ u .> '" -~ ~ ~,t~. o -- e 1 2 A I don't know that. Q Okay. As you indicated earlier today, you 3 had been trained in the administration of standardized 4 field sobriety tests? 5 6 A Yes. Q And that training was given through the 7 Cumberland County District Attorney's office, is that 8 correct? 9 10 A Yes. Q And your instructors were Agent McLaughlin 11 and Officer Jeffrey Potteiger, is that correct? 12 13 A Yes. Q And you received a training manual as part 14 of your course of instruction? 15 16 A Yes. Q And as part of that course of instruction, 17 you were trained on the administration of the walk and turn 18 test? 19 20 A Yes. Q And in your training, and more particularly 21 in your training manual, does that require that 22 individuals, does that state that individuals with back, 23 leg, or middle ear problems have difficulty performing the 24 walk and turn test? 25 A Yes. 25 ~ ~ .?" - ~" ~- ',k,.',:",iiI.:\;!lIil,,~; o (') 1 Q And your training, more particularly your 2 training manual, states that the test conditions for the 3 walk and turn test requires a designated straight line and 4 should be conducted on a reasonably dry, hard level, 5 non-slippery surface, is that correct? 6 7 A Q Not totally, no. Okay. Which part is not-- which part don't 8 you agree with? 9 A As far as what's considered a straight line 10 or a straight line being present. 11 Q Okay. What specifically was your training 12 on that issue? 13 A Ideally, you would have a line to use, a 14 straight line to use. However, out on the street, you're 15 going to run into situations where there are no lines 16 present such as in this particular instance. In that case, 17 the attempt to use landmarks available to you such as curbs 18 or even a reasonable person could say that they're walking 19 a straight line if they place one foot directly in front of 20 the other. 21 22 23 24 Q So you're interpreting a landmark to be a curb, for example? A For example. Q You were also trained in the one-leg stand 25 field sobriety test, is that correct? 26 -.~, ..',-".'," .,~,' o o 1 A Yes. 2 Q And in your training, more particularly in 3 your training manual, isn't it true that the one-leg stand 4 indicates that, or states that, persons with back, leg, or 5 middle ear problems or people who are overweight by 50 or 6 more pounds have difficulty performing the test? 7 8 A Q Yes. There's also, isn't it true, Officer Staley, 9 that there is a section in your training manual pertaining 10 to note taking regarding your observations at a possible 11 DUI stop? 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21. 22 23 A Yes. Q Okay. In particular, does your training manual indicate that, because evidence of a DUI violation is short lived, police officers need a system for recording field notes at scenes of DUI investigations? A Yes. Q With respect to the walk and turn test, would you agree that your training has taught you that ideally there should be a line present? A Ideally, under perfect conditions, there's a line, yes. Q Okay. With respect to the landmarks that 24 you referred to as a guide for field sobriety tests, what 25 landmark did you use for Mr. Doyle in this particular case? 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 " , .., <._~ " , j '"""':r~itif.S~. o o A I attempted to apply the edge of the pavement of the roadway there, although, again, if the person would have-- if Mr. Doyle, as I demonstrated, would have placed heel-to-toe, placed one foot directly in front of the other, heel-to-toe, again, he would have been walking the straight line between two points. Q Okay. When you say, between two points, if the curb is one landmark, what is the other? A Well, we align them up along the pavement, but in addition to that, again, it was my belief that as long as he would place one foot directly in front of the other one, he would be walking a straight line between two points. Q In essence, two imaginary points, is that what you mean? A Essentially, yes. Q Okay. The evening of this incident, Mr. Doyle indicated to you that he had Meniere's disease, is that correct? A He indicated he had some type of disease. I didn't know what it was or I didn't hear him say Meniere's disease. Q You thought it was Myers disease? A Q Yes. In either event, you weren't familiar with 28 .~j 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 .' , " ,'~.' ~..' 4', .,. l,,,, ~,' ~'\k: o o 1 the condition at the time of the incident, is that correct? A That's correct. Q Subsequent to this incident, you did some investigating, is that correct? A Yes. Q A Q Regarding Meniere's disease? Yes. And is it a fair statement that you 9 determined that it's an inner ear disorder which includes a 10 gradual loss of hearing, and that one of the symptoms will 11 be episodes for attacks where the person may have problems 12 with their balance? 13 14 15 16 LEFT1: Objection, Your Honor. He's not a doctor. THE COURT: MR. HERSHEY: Mr. Hershey. Officer Staley has given 17 testimony to this effect in a prior proceeding, and that's 18 the reason why I'm going there. THE COURT: Was there an objection at that 19 20 time? 21 22 23 sustained. 24 BY MR. HERSHEY: 25 MR. HERSHEY: No. THE COURT: All right. The objection is Q You've prepared a score sheet, for lack of a 29 - '"' v .o~k ,;Ji-:~,_ o e 1 better word, entitled pre-arrest screening in this 2 particular case, is that correct? 3 A Yes. 4 Q That pre-arrest screening sheet was-- became 5 part of your official file in this case, is that correct? 6 A Yes. 7 8 9 Q A Q That wasn't prepared in the field, was it? No. That was prepared sometime later after Mr. 10 Doyle was taken back to the Booking Center? 11 A Yes, that was taken off of my field notes. 12 Q Okay. Are you indicating then that there 13 are field notes? 14 15 16 17 A Q A Q Yes. You've maintained those field notes? Yes. You had used the Booking Center prior to 18 August the 10th, is that correct? 19 20 21 22 A Yes. Q When I say, August the 10th, I mean, August the 10th of 2001? A I understand. 23 Q Okay. Were you aware prior to August the 24 lOth, that the Booking Center had video and audio taping 25 capability? 30 , '- 1 ,,- -," ,[ 'j" ~r".\F,' o o 1 2 A Q Yes. Were you aware at the time of Mr. Doyle's 3 processing that the Booking Center had video and audio 4 taping capability? Were you aware on August the 10th that 5 there was video and audio taping capability available at 6 the Booking Center? 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 A Yes. Q At the time either prior to or during the field sobriety tests, isn't it true that you did not ask M~. Doyle whether he had any physical conditions that might interfere with the administration of those tests? A I did not, which I'm not required to do. Q Your notice of chemical test refusal form, DL-26, that's been marked as P-1 in this case? A Q A Q Yes. You've had a chance to review this? Yes. Okay. I note that there's a seal on the 19 bottom left-hand corner of what appears to be a notary 20 public, which is dated August 20th of 01, is that correct? 21 A Yes. 22 Q Did you take this form to a notary before 23 you submitted it to PennDOT? 24 25 A Q Yes. Okay. So there was a lapse of time between 31 i..' " ~ -'-, - a~'-"'i.~ "" J ^~'&.;'i!:'i o o 1 the incident with Mr. Doyle of August the 10th and the date 2 you actually sent this form in to DOT, is that correct? 3 A Yes. 4 Q Okay. Now before you sent the form into 5 DOT, was it your belief that Mr. Doyle had told you that he 6 had Meniere's disease? 7 MR. KABUSK: Objection, Your Honor. What's 8 the relevance? 9 THE COURT: Mr. Hershey. 10 MR. HERSHEY: Judge, there is-- it's 11 relevant for two reasons. One, the training for FST 12 indicates that, as indicated on cross, that some persons 13 with inner ear disorders may have difficulty performing 14 field sobriety tests, and we believe that Meniere's is 15 related to that, which would go to the reasonable grounds 16 to request the test. Those questions weren't asked of Mr. 17 Doyle until after this incident-- was either during or 18 after the time this incident was deemed to be a refusal. 19 THE COURT: Okay. What is the question that 20 you're asking now? 21 MR. HERSHEY: The question is, did you 22 become aware prior to notifying PennDOT of the alleged 23 chemical test refusal that Mr. Doyle had Meniere's disease? 24 THE COURT: Prior to notifying PennDOT, not 25 prior to administering the field sobriety tests? 32 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 "- ,,>,..,~ - t~J ~""~;,""";, o o 1 MR. HERSHEY: Prior to notifying PennDOT, 2 Your Honor. 3 THE COURT: How would that be relevant to 4 this proceeding? 5 MR. HERSHEY: I'll withdraw the question. 6 THE COURT: All right. 7 BY MR. HERSHEY: 8 You became aware, Officer Staley, that Mr. Q 9 Doyle wore a hearing aid, is that correct? A Yes. Well, that's what he indicated to me. Q Okay. During the walk and turn test, you acknowledged that there's-- there was no visible line for Mr. Doyle to walk on, is that correct? A That's correct. Q Was there a sidewalk in the vicinity of Fourth and Poplar where Mr. Doyle could have done the walk and turn test? A No. Q After you determined Mr. Doyle failed to complete the field sobriety test to your satisfaction, you placed him under arrest, is that correct? A That's correct. Q And you put him in handcuffs at the scene, is that correct? A Yes. 33 ,0, , ,'~- .'k -, -li',~l~'~:i' o o 1 Q You transported Mr. Doyle to the West Shore 2 Booking Center, is that correct? 3 4 A Yes. How long did it take you to get from the Q 5 intersection at Fourth and Poplar to the Booking Center? 6 7 A Q About 10 to 12 minutes. Once at the Booking Center, was Mr. Doyle 8 still in handcuffs? 9 A I misspoke that last question. I don't 10 think it was that long. It was probably less than 10 11 minutes. 12 Q That's in response to the question, how long 13 did it take for you to get from the intersection at Fourth 14 and Poplar to the Booking Center? 15 16 A Yeah. Once at the Booking Center, was Mr. Doyle Q 17 still in handcuffs? 18 A Once we arrived, yes. Then he was taken out 19 of the handcuffs and seated beside the Intoxilyzer and then 20 given Pennsylvania's Implied Consent Law. 21 Q Did Booking Agent Lang take the cuffs off 22 Mr. Doyle? 23 A I don't remember. 24 Q Do you agree that Mr. Doyle as well-- 25 scratch that. Isn't it true that Mr. Doyle had to be 34 'it 3 4 5 6 7 S 9 10 11 ~'-~ -- ,~-, ,,--iW"~~~Ji::., o o 1 searched as part of standard procedure as well as having 2 the handcuffs removed? A I don't remember Mr. Doyle being searched, but that is generally the procedure that is followed, yes. Q Okay. Do you agree that there was no discussion regarding either implied consent or O'Connell prior to you reaching the Booking Center? A During transport, I advised him that where we were going, Lower Allen Township building, and I advised him that he would be asked to take a breath test. Q Did you get any further explanation, other 12 than what you just stated, en route to the Booking Center? 13 14 15 16 17 lS 19 20 21 22 A No. Q Okay. When you got to the Booking Center and you had the handcuffs taken off, didn't you have to walk into another area to retrieve the DL-26 form? A No. Q Where was the DL-26 form? A They're right there above the Intoxilyzer. Q Okay. Would you agree that there was some period of time that Mr. Doyle would have been searched before being placed next to the Intoxilyzer? 23 MR. KABUSK: Objection, Your Honor. What's 24 the relevance of this line of questioning? 25 THE COURT: Mr. Hershey. 35 fi ",' ,,' .,'^ ", I '-'''-''''''''~-f, o A.., ~ 1 MR. HERSHEY: Judge, as I understood the 2 direct testimony, at least a portion of the Commonwealth's 3 theory, if not the entire theory, is that this was a 4 refusal by delay. And I'm trying to establish exactly how 5 much time Mr. Doyle spent with the DL-26, and I think that 6 any time that he was delayed, as is part of protocol, 7 that's going to whittle away the time that he spent with 8 the DL-26 form that would be relevant in determining 9 whether or not he was delaying or stalling. 10 THE COURT: Mr. Kabusk. 11 MR. KABUSK: Your Honor, I believe that 12 there was testimony that Officer Staley spent 20 to 25 13 minutes going over the DL-26, and the Petitioner replied, 14 nO,he wasn't taking a test. I'm not at all implying it's 15 a delay case. 16 THE COURT: All right. I think the officer 17 did say that one of the considerations in his mind was, he 18 had spent a considerable amount of time with Appellant, and 19 in spite of all that time, it simply ended up as a no. So 20 I'll permit the question. 21 BY MR. HERSHEY: 22 Q Officer Staley, is it true that there was 23 some period of time that Mr. Doyle had to be searched 24 before he would be seated next to the Intoxilyzer? 25 A Generally, that's what happens. I can't 36 -~ 1,-",_~" " f, .li.1l1i'n~'!i o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 remember whether that happened in this particular case or not. If it would have been, if it was done, it would have been just a matter of minutes. Q Okay. MR. HERSHEY: Judge, I didn't see Agent Richwine come in. Before I proceed further with 7 cross-examination, can we have the sequestration? 8 9 10 THE COURT: Mr. Kabusk. MR. KABUSK: No objection, Your Honor. THE COURT: All right. Agent Richwine, I'll 11 ask you to step out for a moment. Thank you. 12 At 3:45, I need to recess for about 10 13 minutes to conduct a pretrial conference, and then we can 14 resume. 15 BY MR. HERSHEY: 16 Q Officer Staley, who escorted Mr. Doyle to 17 the area where the chair was located for purposes of 18 implied consent? 19 A From where? 20 21 22 Q A Q From where you entered the Booking Center? I believe that would have been myself. Okay. Were there three other booking agents 23 present when that occurred? 24 25 A Q Yes. And would they be Agents Lang, Richwine, and I 37 j~ 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ,~'- ~ ;...,:~;&;" , , I ~ "~ti"1l\i,' o e 1 2 Brandt? A Yes. 3 Q Do you know which one of those three agents 4 was responsible for manning the videotape equipment? A No. Q Did you make a verbal request to have the videotape equipment activated once Mr. Doyle was taken into the room with the Intoxilyzer? A No. Q As you were discussing implied consent with Mr. Doyle, were you seated or were you standing? A I was standing. Q Was he seated? A Yes. Q During that discussion you had with Mr. 16 Doyle, do you know where Mr.-- where Agent Lang was? 17 A At some points, he was in the room with us. 18 I don't know whether he was there the entire time or not. 19 20 21 22 Q Okay. With respect to either Agent Richwine or Agent Brandt, were either of those two gentlemen in the room while you were discussing implied consent? A I believe Agent Richwine was off to my right 23 seated. I believe so, but I'm not certain about that. 24 Q With respect to your incident report which 25 I've had an opportunity to review, does that indicate that 38 - ~ .~ '" ',,, o o 1 you gave Mr. Doyle the opportunity to read implied consent, 2 specifically the DL-26, and that he responded to you that 3 he did not understand what you had read? 4 A I provided him with the form to read. I 5 allowed him the opportunity to read it. He reviewed it for 6 several minutes. And that's when some of the questions 7 started being asked after having a chance to review it. 8 9 10 11 All right. Q A Or statements being made, I should say, that he wanted a lawyer. Q Your incident report also indicates, does it 12 not, that Doyle indicated that he did not understand what 13 was being asked? 14 A Yes. 15 THE COURT: Not understand what? 16 MR. HERSHEY: What was being asked. 17 THE WITNESS: There were questions along 18 that line. He made those statements, yes. 19 BY MR. HERSHEY: 20 Again, referring to your report which I've Q 21 seen, the first two pages of your report are dated August 22 the 10th, is that correct, in the top right-hand corner? 23 Do you have that with you? 24 A Yes. 25 Okay. The remaining four pages of your Q 39 '-J.';;mlilitMimk . ~ . ~ ,. .',-, ' ;j _l i fftld"N~~;-:: o o 1 report, including the narrative in this case, are dated 2 September the 26th, is that correct? 3 4 A Q Do you want me to explain that? Please, if you would? 5 A I believe that is the time that I pulled 6 them off of our computer system and not the time that I 7 wrote the report. On my pages, I have the top being the 8 10th of August. But I believe the September 26th is when I 9 pulled it off of the computer, printed a copy out for 10 myself. 11 Q Did I understand you correctly on your 12 direct exam that there were portions during the field 13 sobriety testing where Mr. Doyle asked you to repeat 14 things? 15 A During the-- there was that two or three 16 times, I believe it was, that he had asked me to repeat. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q And I don't know how much-- I don't think you got into it in great detail, but as part of the field sobriety tests, you were giving the subject instructions as well as demonstrating the physical part, at least a portion, of each of those tests, is that correct? A Yes. Q So in order for the subject to perform the test in the optimum manner, they would both have to hear you and see you? 40 .of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 I ~ ~ oJ ,_^d ",I ":'Jiljj"~!,,] 0.... .. . e A That's correct. Q Your first-- the first time that you advised Mr. Doyle of any implied consent warnings was 0157 hours, is that correct? A Approximately, yes. Q And you've indicated you gave Mr. Doyle an opportunity to review PennDOT form DL-26, is that correct? A Yes. Q There were different points during the time that he was reviewing that form that he would ask questions about the individual O'Connell warnings, is that correct? A Other than making a statement about wanting a lawyer, I don't remember any-- I don't remember any other specific questions that your client had regarding the warnings. I think at some point I read him the bottom line there about this refusal being entered into evidence against him in a criminal trial at some point. Q Didn't he also ask you about what was the penalty for not taking the test? A That's what I'm referring to. I believe it's tbat-- without having the form in front of me now, I believe it's the line in subsection letter c, I believe, and I repeated that to him. It's the very last line, I believe. Q Okay. So do we agree that there are at 41 w ~~ ^ '""" --,,- "1!htn'i~j':::,1 , ~ ""'" e 1 least two aspects of the form that he had questions about, 2 his right to an attorney and the penalty for not taking the 3 test? 4 A Yes. 5 THE COURT: Did you respond to those 6 questions? 7 THE WITNESS: I attempted to, Your Honor, by 8 using the DL-26 as my guidelines to answer his questions. 9 THE COURT: All right. I'm sorry to 10 interrupt, but I need to conduct a pretrial conference in 11 another case for a few moments, and we will resume after 12 that. 13 (Whereupon, a recess was taken at 3:44 p.m. 14 and proceedings reconvened at 4:05 p.m.) 15 THE COURT: Officer Staley, I believe you 16 are still under oath and are still testifying. We do need 17 to adjourn at about 4:30. It would be nice if we could get 18 the officer's testimony in today so he wouldn't have to 19 come back. Mr. Hershey. 20 MR. HERSHEY: Thank you, Your Honor. 21 Could I ask the court reporter to read back 22 my last question? 23 THE COURT: Sure. 24 (Whereupon, the court reporter read back the 25 last question.) I 42 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ,~ 0 I" ~<' ''''\i'i,~ o o 1 THE COURT: I think I had then asked, did 2 you respond to those questions, and he indicated he had. 3 MR. HERSHEY: Okay. 4 BY MR. HERSHEY: Q Officer Staley, the exact statement that Mr. Doyle made that you've interpreted as being a refusal, that wasn't recorded contemporaneously with your conversation with him, is that correct? A I'm sorry. I don't understand the question. Q Okay. Let me ask it another way. We agree that or do we agree that there's no video and audio tape of the moment of truth when you decided that what Mr. Doyle had done was a refusal? A I'm not aware of any videotape. Q Okay. Do we agree that there is no notation in a writing that you would have made contemporaneously with that event that indicates that Mr. Doyle said he was not going to take a test? A I'm not sure if I put that in my field notes or not. Q Okay. A I don't remember that. Q Do you have those with you? A I do. Q Do you want to refer to them? 43 ~'.^" " "li1JfilL4':' ~ '-' 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 A I can, sure. Q Would it help refresh your recollection? A I didn't put it in my field notes. Q Okay. A What you had asked. Q Okay. So the answer to the last question 7 then would be, there is no written memorialization of what 8 he said? 9 A Other than when I went back to the office, 10 cleared from the Booking Center, returned to the office, 11 and did my dispatch report, my initial report. I believe I 12 put it in that report, but I'm not certain about that. 13 Q Okay. All right. I'm looking at DOT's 14 Exhibit P-1, and I also note, at least from my copy, 15 there's no time recorded on these warnings, is that 16 correct? 17 18 A NO, I did not. Q Okay. And I also note from DOT form DL-26 19 the provision that says, I've been advised of the above, 20 signature of motorist. That appears to be blank, is that 21 correct? 22 23 24 Your Honor? 25 A I'm sorry. Can I see that? MR. HERSHEY: Can I approach the witness, THE COURT: Certainly. 44 ^. , - ~ ....',-, "'.'.. "':JiW.-i:', ~ o 1 BY MR. HERSHEY: 2 3 4 I'm handing the witness my copy of DOT's Q Exhibit P-1. A Are you talking-- 5 THE COURT: Actually, I think it's 6 Commonwealth's Exhibit 1, if I'm not mistaken. 7 MR. HERSHEY: I stand corrected. 8 Commonwealth's Exhibit 1. 9 THE WITNESS: Your question again, please? 10 BY MR. HERSHEY: 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Q Officer Staley, there's a provision on this form, DL-26, about halfway down the page, that says, I have been advised of the above, signature of motorist, and then there is a signature line and the date. Do you see that? A I do, yes. Q Those two-- the signature line and the date are blank, is that correct? A Yes. Q Does that mean Mr. Doyle did not sign off acknowledging the warnings? A Yes. Q Okay. THE COURT: Did you ask him to sign off or 24 don't you recall? 25 THE WITNESS: I don't recall. 45 ^ __", ',__C>>"' ~ ~"_~ , ,._,~ .;..(,;J,-' "-iM~'"' o e 1 THE COURT: Okay. 2 BY MR. HERSHEY: 3 Q Well, as a follow-up question to that 4 question, did you take this form out of Mr. Doyle's hands 5 and indicate that you were treating this as a refusal? 6 A I don't recall. I believe it was laying on 7 the counter or the desk there. I don't think I grabbed it 8 and took it out of his hands with any force or any anger or 9 in any way upset. I think it was on the table, and I 10 picked it off the table, advised him this was a refusal, 11 and that was about it. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q Okay. Do you know whether or not Officer Richwine was preparing the Intoxilyzer for a test during the implied consent and O'Connell discussion? A I don't recall that. Q Do we agree that this chair that Mr. Doyle was sitting in was right next to the Intoxilyzer? A Yes, a couple feet probably-- well, a couple feet. Q Was Agent Richwine the person who ultimately was responsible for the breathalyzer or no? A He was seated in the position as generally he would be the person administering it. He was seated at the desk beside the Intoxilyzer, and then Mr. Doyle would sit on the other side of the Intoxilyzer. So I'm assuming 46 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 . .' ~ J.'~_'l~~'_'''', o o 1 that he was going to administer the test, but I don't know 2 that for a fact. 3 Q You're also a test operator, if I understood 4 your direct? A Q That's correct. Are you qualified to run that particular device? A No, not that model. Q Did you take Mr. Doyle to the rest room that evening? A No. Q You gave-- again, you gave testimony in a preliminary hearing relevant to your O'Connell discussion with Mr. Doyle, is that correct? A Yes. Q Do you agree-- I'll give you an opportunity to review your preliminary hearing testimony. Officer Staley, I'm showing you an excerpt from a preliminary hearing transcript at page 33, lines 3 through 10, and ask if you could read that to yourself. Have you had an opportunity to review that? A Yes. Q Would you agree that you don't recall exactly what Mr. Doyle's words were regarding whether or not to take the test? 47 ""! ~ ~ ~ ,'",- ~~~ o o 1 A I recall him saying, no, and that was the 2 word that he used, no. And then there was-- in the same 3 breath, there was the additional sentence, which it was to 4 the effect of, I can't say it was word for word, but to the 5 effect of that having that headlight out didn't warrant 6 being arrested. 7 Q Okay. But in your testimony previously, 8 didn't you testify his answer was, no, that he didn't 9 believe the light was out? 10 A If that's what it says there. 11 Is that your testimony? Q 12 A Yeah. 13 Q And do you agree at the previous hearing 14 that you indicate that he-- you thought he said, I don't 15 think the light being out was a reason to be arrested? 16 I'm sorry. Rephrase that-- could you ask A 17 that again? 18 Do you agree you testified at the Q 19 preliminary hearing that, quote, that he said in your 20 presence, quote, I don't think the light being out was a 21 reason to be arrested? 22 A Yes. 23 Okay. Q 24 MR. HERSHEY: I have no further questions. 25 THE COURT: Mr. Kabusk. , 48 '11 , , '= '- .~'-'. -1" '"-.',,11 o o 1 2 BY MR. KABUSK: 3 Q Officer Staley, what was the time of the 4 initial stop? 5 A The initial stop was at approximately 1-- 6 0128 hours. 7 8 9 10 11 custody. 12 13 REDIRECT EXAMINATION Q A Q A Then what was the next time that you noted? Would have been the time of 0141 hours. And what was that time? That was the time that Mr. Doyle was in Q A Okay. What was the next noteworthy time? The next noteworthy time would have been at 14 0149 hours when I began my transport of Mr. Doyle from 15 Poplar Avenue to the Booking Center. 16 Q And do you have noted when you arrived at 17 the Booking Center? 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A It's been documented that I arrived at approximately 0157 hours. Q Okay. And did you-- do you have noted the time that-- of refusal? A Yes, by looking at my personal watch that I was wearing that particular night, I recall the time being 0222 hours. Q And previously, you stated 2:22 or 2:25. 49 iff '~ "'- ''''-' ,,-,.', ":-lIlt~l#i,,' o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Why did you say those two numbers? A The Booking Center time is 2:25. Q Okay. At the initial stop when Mr. Doyle explained or said that he had Meniere's disease, did you ask him what that meant? A I asked him-- yes. Q What did he respond? 8 A He shook his head back and forth consistent 9 with being, no. And he-- and that's-- he said something 10 about, but I don't remember what that was. It was a real 11 quick-- I believe he said-- I don't remember what he said. 12 Q Did he tell you that he had any physical or 13 medical limitations that affected or would affect his 14 ability to perform the field sobriety tests? 15 A No. 16 Q So he didn't tell you that he was-- he had a 17 condition which would have prevented him from taking the 18 19 20 21 22 23 test? A No. Q And when you asked him to explain Meniere's disease, he didn't explain that? A No. Q And when you asked him to-- or gave him the 24 opportunity to put in the hearing aid, he didn't take you 25 up on that offer, did he? 50 "' 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 lS 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ." -r_ ~ -" '",'''; . - l<' _C.'~~~.\,.' o o A No, he didn't. Q Now earlier, you were asked about the questions you had regarding the DL-26,. And he kept on having questions. Was it your impression that he was confused over the meaning of the words or that he did not hear those words? A My impression was that he did not understand the meaning of the words. Q And in your experience dealing with alcohol impaired people, is that unusual that an intoxicated person wouldn't understand what you're telling them? A That has happened before. Q And then after spending approximately what, 20 minutes, 25 minutes going over the DL-26, he-- how did he respond to you when you asked him to submit to the test? A Again, it was clearly, no, followed up by the statement that the headlight being out didn't warrant him being arrested. Q And this portion of time was not videotaped, are you aware of that? A Q I am. And there's a videotape, very brief 23 videotape, are you aware of that? 24 2S A Q Yes. And was a Booking Agent Richwine present 51 ,- , o .,. "V 1 during your conversation and request of Mr. Doyle to 2 suomi t ? 3 A Yes. 4 MR. KABUSK: No further questions of this 5 witness. 6 THE COURT: Mr. Hershey. 7 MR. HERSHEY: Nothing further, Your Honor. 8 THE COURT: All right. You may step down. 9 Thank you. Mr. Officer Staley be excused? 10 MR. KABUSK: I'm going to need him here for 11 rebuttal, Your Honor. 12 THE COURT: We will adjourn at this point, 13 and Mr. Hershey-- 14 MR. HERSHEY: I'm sorry. Is it possible 15 that we could do Agent Richwine? 16 THE COURT: I don't think so. I have an 17 appointment outside the office at five. 18 MR. HERSHEY: Very good. Very good. 19 THE COURT: We'll enter this order. 20 (Whereupon, the following Order of Court was 21 entered:) 22 ORDER OF COURT 23 AND NOW, this 21st day of March, 2002, upon 24 consideration of the appeal from license suspension filed 25 in the above-captioned matter, and following a second 52 "';' .~ '~"~V , -, -.."..; ,~~ - -', '" ..'" -;.,-b,;.-~;k~It" o o 1 period of hearing held on this date, and the hearing having 2 not yet been concluded, the record shall remain open, and a 3 further period of hearing is scheduled for Thursday, June 4 6, 2002, at 1:30 p.m., in Courtroom No.1, Cumberland 5 County Courthouse, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 6 It is noted that, at the time of the second 7 adjournment on today's date, the Appellee/Respondent, 8 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, 9 had completed presentation of the testimony of Officer 10 Brian Staley of the New Cumberland Borough Police 11 Department, and Defendant's counsel had completed the 12 cross-examination of Officer Staley. 13 It is further noted that at the time of the 14 second adjournment, Commonwealth's Exhibit 1 (DL-26 form) 15 had been identified and admitted. No further exhibits had 16 been identified or admitted. At the time of the second 17 adjournment, the Commonwealth was preparing to call Agent 18 Ralph Richwine as its second witness. 19 By the Court, 20 Isl J. Weslev Oler. Jr. J. 21 22 23 THE COURT: Is that order satisfactory to 24 counsel? 25 MR. KABUSK: Yes. 53 ,.,,", ,~,-~~ .' , l""1i.. ~:; o o 1 2 3 4 5 6 2002, at 1:30 p.m. Court is adjourned. 7 (Whereupon, the proceeding adjourned at 8 4:25 p.m.) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 MR. HERSHEY: Yes, Your Honor. THE COURT: Okay. Thank you. MR. KABUSK: Could you repeat the date and the time, please? THE COURT: Sure, it's Thursday, June 6, 54 0 01 1>, 31:20 01-6027 '" 3:721:8 0121 '" " :25 " ,19 0128 ''I 49:6 0141 ''I 49:8 0149 ''I 49: H 0157 '" 41: 3 49: " 0222 ''I 49: " 1 1 [12J 12:23_2418:9,16_17,1921:245: 6,849.553:4,14 10 14134:6,1031:1247:19 10th [10] 4:1319::1-230:18,20-21,2431:4 32:1 39 22 40:8 11 [2] 9:523:13 12 (2] 23:13 34:& 141 [IJ 9:19 1547 [1] 3:22 16528999 [IJ 3:21 17th [1] 23:11 18 [1] 9:2 1,28 1114:16 1,30 12153:454:6 1,41 [2] 22:15,22 1,49 (3) 22:11,13,23 1,57 [lJ 12:6 2 20 [519:514:2117:636:1251:14 2001 [SJ 3:20,23 4:13 23:11 30:21 2002 [5] 3:121:152:2353:454:6 20th [1] 31: 20 21 {2] 3:121:1 21st [2J 3:2052:23 25 [3] 14:21 36:12 51:14 26th [2J 402,6 2,22 (2] 15:849:25 2,25 [4J 3:315:8492550:2 2,45 (1] 20:12 3 3 [lJ 47:19 30 [3] 9:619:10,18 300 [21 'L23 5,1 33 [1] 47:19 35 [2] 19-10,18 3731 [1] 13:14 3,12 \1121:3 3,44 [11 42:13 ...-. 3.~ 4 5 137:12 4 4,05 [lJ 42:14 4.25 [lJ 54:8 4,30 142:17 5 50 [I] 27:5 5000 '1 19:6 6 ~, 53:4 54:5 8 8/10 7{1 3:23 A A [154] 3:4,7,21,244:17,20,225:2,9, 13,256:57:12-13,158:4-5,11-12,16 9:9,1910:4,6,10-11,2111:12,14,22- 2312:1613:5,14-16,19-20,22,2514: 2,4,7,10,12,23-2415:4,1116:7,10, 2117:5,9-10,15,2118:12,1419:25 20:8,10,12 21:9 22:6,19 23:2,10 24: 8,14,23 25:13 26:3-4,9-10,13,18-19, 21 27:9-10,14-15,20-21,24 28:12 29: 8-9,13,17,25 31:16,18-19,22,25 32: 18 33:9,15 35:10 36:2-3,14-15,18-19 37:3,11,1338:639:7,1040:9,2041: 12-13,11 42:10-11,13 43:6,13,16,18 44:3,945:11,14 46:3,5,10,13,18 41: 2-3,12,1848:15,2050:10,1651:22, 2552:2553:2 A.m. 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The foregoing record of the proceedings on the hearing of the within matter is hereby approved and directed to be filed. hf,J \\. ~DoL Date '\ 55 Li.:,'-o -,,~j :r rtU'1 "11" . >- e-' S :~.};;;: i-;'<' r--~~::- , !.! () ::-'-~ ci.: "'" {,-\.) C) ':'l" <'> ~ ~ t :5 O:<:r: :.)<: ~~S(" , ,.::;: :~~~ .-.5g? ;CZ ,~:V!~U ~-:.;,~1Q. fJ "('- ,,~c c..,J - "'. (i -, " ,',:V,,' (j 15 g;j ~ ~--,. ~' r-- ~'~lii~i' ,.. -, '..~ ~, . -, " ,,__.w.......'~..jJ~>I,.......,..._ " ".". ... '''-~'''-''-"^-~....,,,.. '''-'''-''',",''','T,",~. JAMES DOYLE, III v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 01-6027 LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING PETITIONER'S TRIAL BRIEF TO THE HONORABLE J. WESLEY OLER, JR., JUDGE OF THE ABOVE-SAID COURT: I. FACTS Petitioner, James Doyle, III, was stopped while operating a motor vehicle by Officer Staley of the New Cumberland Borough Police Department on or about August 10, 2001. The reason for the stop was that Petitioner's vehicle had a headlight out. Officer Staley observed no erratic driving exhibited by Petitioner's vehicle. Subsequent to the vehicle stop, Petitioner was asked to submit to standardized field sobriety tests in an area near 4th & Poplar Streets in the Borough of New Cumberland where the pavement is uneven and irregular. Petitioner was not questioned as to whether or not he had any physical defects that may interfere with his ability to take the walk-and- turn and one leg stand test. Officer Staley received training in standardized field sobriety testing before the above- mentioned incident and was provided with a training manual outlining the test conditions for both the walk-and-turn and the one leg stand test. Petitioner was subsequently transported to the West Shore Booking Center for processing. Upon arrival at the Booking Center, his handcuffs were removed, he was searched and frisked, and placed in an open area equipped with video and audio taping equipment as well as an Intoxilyzer machine. Petitioner was handed PennDOT form DL-26 and asked to review same. Petitioner, who ~.~ ,,' , - ',~ '1":"rd:W~~, has a medically diagnosed hearing disorder as well as Meniere's Disease, had questions regarding his rights outlined in Penn DOT Form DL-26. Officer Staley was standing over Petitioner and not at eye level while Petitioner was attempting to question Officer Staley regarding his rights, Petitioner was not wearing a hearing aid at the time of this discussion. Petitioner has been under the care and treatment of Donald Richardson, a speech therapist with the Veterans Administration in Philadelphia since July 2000. Mr. Richardson's deposition was conducted telephonically with the consent of PennDOT's counsel and will be offered as an exhibit as part of these proceedings. No chemical test was conducted and Officer Staley reported this incident to the Department of Transportation as an alleged refusal of chemical testing pursuant to ~1547 of the Vehicle Code. II. ISSUES 1. Did Officer Staley have reasonable grounds to request a chemical test when he failed to follow his training protocol which cautions police officers froni administering the walk-and-turn and one leg stand test to persons with inner ear disorders and/or difficulty in maintaining balance? (a) Did Officer Staley have reasonable grounds to believe that Petitioner had failed field sobriety tests when they were not administered at a location considered acceptable based upon his training? 2. Under the facts of this case, did Petitioner's actions in questioning his rights via PennDOT Form DL-26 constitute a refusal as a matter of fact when Petitioner at no time stalled, played games, or indicated that he was refusing chemical testing while the booking agent was satisfying the 20 minute waiting period under PennDOT regulations at 67 Pa.Code ~77.24(a) which require that the subject be kept under observation for at least 20 consecutive minutes prior to taking the first breath sample? 1,.; ~.- , , ~, - ",~ .' " ~~,'~ J"-~',' L--"--jill~i~"->! 3. In the event the court finds that Petitioner's conduct was a refusal as a matter of fact, has Petitioner presented competent medical evidence to indicate that the delay was based on his inability to understand visual cues without the benefit of his hearing aid and while Officer Staley was not at eye level and while there was background noise present in the booking station? III. RULES 1. Whether a pOlice officer has reasonable grounds to request a chemical test under~1547 is a mixed question of law and fact. Administration of field sobriety tests on an uneven surface can prohibit a police officer from having reasonable grounds to request a chemical test. See Commonwealth. Department of Transportation. Bureau .of Driver Licensina v; Dixon, _ Pa.Cmwlth. _,596 A.2d 286 (1991). 2. Where there is no refusal as a matter of fact and no stalling tactics present,. the mere lapse of time does not constitute a refusal under ~1547 ofthe Vehicle Code where there is a reasonable explanation for the lapse of time. See aenerallv. Todd v. Commonwealth. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensina, _ Pa. _, 723 A.2d 655(1999); A motorist must be allowed a reasonable and sufficient opportunity to complete chemical alcohol testing. See Todd v. Commonwealth, supra at A.2d 658. It is conceded that a refusal to test need not be manifested overtly or verbally. See Todd. supra at A.2d 658. Unlike the line of cases where the motorist is exhibiting signs of stalling, see Mashuda v. Commonwealth. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensina, _ Pa.Cmwlth. _' 701 A.2d 301 (1997) and McCloskey v. Commonwealth. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensina, _ Pa.Cmwlth. _,722 A.2d 1159 (1999), the evidence in the case at bar will reveal that the relevant time period which was utilized in part to explain the provisions of Penn DOT Form DL-26 was concurrent with the required waiting period for warming up and pre-qualifying the Intoxilyzer 5000 for an actual test sample. See 67 Pa.Code 77.24 - Breath Test Procedures which 3 ,~ . ., ~~ -.. ~ "-.I. ' -'(I I'.,";' ./fI'tl reads, in pertinent part: (a) Observation. The person to be tested with breath test equipment shall be kept under observation by a police officer or a certified breath test operator for at least 20 consecutive minutes immediately prior to administration of the first alcohol breath test to be given to the person, during which time the person may not have ingested alcoholic beverages or other fluids, regurgitated, vomited, eaten, or smoked. Custody of the person may be transferred to another officer or certified breath test operator during the 20 consecutive minutes or longer, as long as the person to be tested is under observation for at least 20 consecutive minutes prior to initial administration of the alcohol breath test. The undisputed factual evidence in this case will indicate that there was no discussion regarding implied consent at the site of the arrest. There was no discussion of implied consent on route to the West Shore Booking Center. In fact, Officer Staley did not have possession of Penn DOT Form DL-26 until such time as he retrieved a copy from the Booking Center after Petitioner arrived and was being frisked and searched for weapons. The process of searching and frisking Petitioner preceded him being placed in the vicinity of the Intoxilyzer 5000 which was being administered by Officer Reichwein, not Officer Staley. Evidence in the Commonwealth's possession will indicate that the observation period for purposes of breath test procedures under PennDOT regulations was not initiated until such time as Petitioner arrived at the Booking Center. Petitioner acknowledges that in the Todd case, supra, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania indicated that once a faulty or inadequate breath sample was presented'~ a motorist and he was subsequently wamed that a failure to supply a sufficient sample would constitute a refusal, did not entitle~ Todd to the full period of time for the breath test machine to cycle internally. See Todd v. Commonwealth. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensina, supra at A.2d 658, 659. Todd was decided predominately on the fact that the motorist failed to supply a sufficient sample 4 ~~ "I'~ ~i of breath. See Todd, supra at A.2d 659. While it is acknowledged that ~1547 does not contain a time requirement before a motorist can be deemed to have refused chemical testing by conduct, it cannot be said in the case at bar that the lapse of 15-20 minutes was unreasonable as a matter of fact and as a matter of law when the breath test device was not able to receive a breath test sample until the 20 minute waiting period was satisfied under 67 Pa.Code ~77.24. 3. Hearing impairment can prevent a licensee from knowingly and consciously refusing to submit to chemical testing. See Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensina v. Gaertner, _ Pa.Cmwlth. _, 589 A.2d 272 (1991). A question of whether a motorist's decision to refusal chemical testing was knowing and conscious is a question of fact for the trial court. See Gaertner, supra at A.2d 274; see also Commonwealth. Department of Transportation, Bureau .of Driver Licensina v. Zeltins, _ Pa.Cmwlth. _, 614 A.2d 349,350 (1992). The deposition of Mr. Richardson establishes that Petitioner has a pre-existing hearing disability and has been diagnosed with Meniere's Disease. His hearing disability is severe enough to qualify him for a hearing aid in his right ear. His left ear is functionally inoperable. Mr. Richardson had an opportunity to view the videotape at issue in this case as well as his treatment notes both prior to and after August 10, 2001. Mr. Richardson was offered as an expert witness in the area of speech therapy. The Department of Transportation did not challenge as a matter of record his qualifications as an expert in that field and Mr. Richardson rendered an opinion consistent with a person of Petitioner's functional hearing capacity, ability to lip read, and situational factors consistent with those presented to him at the Booking Center and has indicated to a reasonable degree of professional certainty that Petitioner would have difficulty in understanding 5 _L~n "'~:1 an explanation by a police officer regarding questions he had relative to written text. IV. CONCLUSION WHEREFORE, Petitioner prays Your Honorable Court make the following findings of fact: 1. Officer Staley did not have reasonable grounds to believe that Petitioner was under the influence of alcohol due to his failure to comply with his own training protocol in field sobriety testing; 2. Under the facts of this case, Petitioner never refused chemical testing as a lapse of time was reasonable given the circumstances of his case, including the fact that implied consent did not come up until he was frisked and searched at the Booking Center; and 3. The Court further finds that Petitioner has presented sufficient credible evidence indicating that his hearing was impaired and that his hearing aid was not in at the time of his communication with Officer Staley regarding his O'Connell warnings. Petitioner asks that Your Honorable Court make the following conclusions of law: 1. That Officer Staley did not have reasonable grounds to request Petitioner to submit to a chemical test under 31547; 2. That Petitioner did not refuse as a matter of law; 3. Petitioner has presented competent medical testimony to establish that any delay in his decision over whether or not to take a chemical test was reasonable and established by competent medical evidence presented to the court by a qualified expert witness; and 6 ,. - -0 ~"-, hitlkW&'"."~1 4. Petitioner's alleged refusal was not knowing and intelligent due to a pre-existing medical condition. Respectfully submitted, MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY Date: 03/21/02 Bb"L~re 1.0. #43092 2233 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17110 (717) 234-7051 7 -~ ~ ~- "',~J1'tiii~~ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, David E. Hershey, Esquire, of the law firm of MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY, hereby certify that I am this day serving a copy of the foregoing document to the attorneys or parties of record in the manner indicated below, which service satisfies the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, by hand delivery, on the 21st day of March, 2002 at the address listed below: George Kabusk, Esquire PA Department of Transportation Riverfront Office Center, Third Floor 1101 South Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17104-2516 ~.~.. Davi . ershey MANCKE WAGNER HERSHEY & TULLY , ", ~ l",'f'~,~' COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF CHIEF COUNSEL VEHICLE & TRAFFIC LAW DIVISION RlVERFRON,T OFFICE CENTER-THIRD FLOOR 1101 SOUTH FRONT STREET HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17104-2516 TELEPHONE: (717) 787-2830 FAX: (717) 705-1122 June 6, 2002 The Honorable J. Wesley Oler, Jr. Court of Common Pleas, Cumberland County Cumberland County Courthouse I Courthouse Square Carlisle, Pa. 17013 Re: James M. Doyle, III v. Commw. ofPa., DOT, BDL, No. 2001-6027, License Suspension Appeal Dear Judge Oler: Please accept this letter as the Department of Transportation's brief in the above-mentioned matter. Hearings were held in the above-mentioned matter on March 21, 2002 and June 6, 2002. By official notice dated September 21, 200 I the Department of Transportation notified the petitioner, James M. Doyle, III, O.L.N. 16528999, that as a result of his violation of Section 1547 ofthe Vehicle Code, relating to Chemical Test to Determine Amount of Alcohol or Controlled Substance, on August 10, 2001, his operating privilege was being suspended for one year. The petitioner appealed the one-year suspension of his operating privilege. Officer Brian Staley of the New Cumberland Police Department stopped the petitioner on August 10, 2001 at approximately 1 :28 a.m. for an equipment violation- the vehicle's headlight was out. Officer Staley explained the reason for the stop to the petitioner. While he did so, Officer Staley smelled an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the petitioner. Additionally, the officer noticed that the motorist staggered and swayed and that his eyes were red, bloodshot and glassy. The officer asked the motorist for his driver's license and registration. The motorist at first only produced the driver's license and then after being asked for his registration for a second time, after fumbling for it, eventually produced that document. The motorist admitted to Officer Staley that he had indeed been drinking. The motorist told Officer Staley that he was not wearing his hearing aid. Officer Staley provided the motorist an opportunity to retrieve and insert his hearing aid. The petitioner declined the invitation to do so. Officer Staley testified that the petitioner did not have any apparent difficulty in hearing. Officer Staley, however, testified that the petitioner did ~~ l ._ ,~ '.";~ 0_' rfi~i!,;h , occasionally ask the officer to repeat what he said, the officer did so in a louder voice. Additionally, the officer indicated that the petitioner appeared to understand and follow directions. The petitioner did not indicate to Officer Staley that had the inability to hear the officer's verbal communications. Officer Staley asked the motorist to submit to several field sobriety tests. The petitioner did not inform Officer Staley of any physical or medical limitations that would have affected his ability to perform the field sobriety tests. The motorist failed the field sobriety tests. Based upon the officer's observations, Officer Staley informed the motorist that he was under arrest for violation of Section 3731 of the Vehicle Code, relating to Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol. At approximately I :41 a.m. Officer Staley placed the motorist in custody. He then handcuffed and place the petitioner in his police vehicle and transported him to the West Shore Booking Center. They arrived at the booking center at approximately I :57 a.m. After the petitioner had been arrested for violation of Section 3731 of the Vehicle Code, relating to Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, and secured by the police officer, the petitioner told Officer Staley that he had Meniere's Disease. When Officer Staley asked the motorist what that was, the petitioner did not provide any explanation, he only shook his head as in the negative. After they arrived at the West Shore Booking Center, Officer Staley requested the petitioner to submit to a breath test and read word-for-word the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation DL-26 form to the petitioner. Additionally, Officer Staley provided the petitioner with the form so that the petitioner could read the form. According to Officer Staley, the petitioner appeared to read the form. Rather than agreeing to submit to the requested breath test, the petitioner kept on asking questions and asked to speak to his lawyer. Officer Staley explained the contents of the DL-26 form to the petitioner and explained to the petitioner that he did not have a right speak to an attorney or anyone else before submitting to the chemical test. Finally after about 20 minutes of explaining, Officer Staley asked the petitioner ifhe would submit to the requested breath test. The petitioner said ''NO'' and added that he did not believe that having a headlight out warranted his arrest. DEPARTMENT'S BURDEN The Department bears the burden to establish the facts supporting the one year suspension pursuant to Section 1547 of the Vehicle Code. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. O'Connell, 521 Pa. 242, 555 A.2d 873 (1989). The Department must establish the following: (I) that the motorist was arrested for a violation of75 Pa.C.S. ~ 3731 by a police officer who had reasonable grounds to believe that the motorist was operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled 2 1$ "< ...-,. J'~ ,j" '-h'i~:".ti, substance; (2) that the motorist was requested to submit to a chemical test; (3) the motorist refused to submit to that test; and (4) the motorist was warned of the consequences of refusing the chemical test. Banner v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 737 A.2d 1203 (Pa. 1999); Vinansky v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 665 A.2d 860 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1995); Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Ingram, 538 Pa. 236, 648 A.2d 285 {I 994); Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. O'Connell, 521 Pa. 242, 555 A.2d 873 (1989); Ostrander v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Drive Licensing, 116 Pa. Cmwlth. Ct. 243, 541 A.2d 441 (1988). Once the Department has established its prima facie case, the burden of proof then shifts to the petitioner to prove that he was not capable of making a knowing and conscious refusal to take the test or to establish any other affinnative defenses. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Ingram, 538 Pa. 236, 648 A.2d 282 (1994). REASONABLE GROUNDS In this case, the petitioner argues that there was no reasonable grounds to request the chemical test. In the context of implied consent law, the test for reasonable grounds is a lesser standard than probable cause. Vinansky v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 665 A.2d 860 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1995). The test for reasonable grounds is not very demanding. Vinansky v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 665 A.2d 860 (pa. Cmwlth. 1995). The test for reasonable grounds is: if a reasonable person in the position of the arresting officer. viewing the facts and circumstances as thev appeared to the arresting officer at the time. could have concluded that the motorist had operated the vehicle while under the influence. such reasonable grounds are established. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Dreisbach, 26 Pa. Cmwlth. 201, 363 A.2d 870 (1976). See also Banner v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 737 A.2d 1203 (Pa. 1999); Keane v. Department of Transportanon, 127 Pa. Cmwlth. 220, 561 A.2d 359 (1989). In fact, an officer's reasonable grounds is not rendered void even iflater it is determined that the officer was incorrect. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Dreisbach, 26 Pa. Cmwlth. 201, 363 A.2d 870 (1976). Additionally, in the context of implied consent, the legality of the stop is immaterial. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Wysocki, 517 Pa. 175,535 A.2d 77 (1988). In determining reasonable grounds, the court is to look at the totality of the circumstances. Banner v. Department of Transportanon, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 737 A.2d 1203 (pa. 1999). There is no need for the officer to have the reasonable grounds to believe that the 3 .~ . '~,~ """',, l'~'r .~o,'.']'<, motorist operated the vehicle while under the influence before the officer made the stop. See Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Stewart, 527 A.2d 1119 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1985). What is required for determining reasonable grounds is whether a reasonable officer, viewing the facts and circumstances as they appeared, at any time during the course of interaction between the officer and the motorist could have concluded that the motorist had operated the vehicle while under the influence. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Stewart, 527 A.2d 1119 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1985). Officer Staley testified that after he stopped the vehicle that the petitioner was driving, he detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the petitioner, that the petitioner swayed, that the petitioner had bloodshot and glassy eyes, that the petitioner fumbled for his documents, that the petitioner failed the requested field sobriety tests, and that the petitioner admitted that he had been drinking. Clearly, ample reasonable grounds existed for the police officer to believe that the motorist operated the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The petitioner argues that the officer failed to follow training protocol relating to the field sobriety tests and, therefore, argues that there was no reasonable grounds to believe that the petitioner operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. As stated earlier, the test for reasonable grounds is not very demanding, that is if a reasonable person in the position of the arresting officer, viewing the facts and circumstances as they appeared to the arresting officer at the time, could have concluded that the motorist had operated the vehicle while under the influence, such reasonable grounds are established. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Dreisbach, 26 Pa. Cmwlth. 201, 363 A.2d 870 (1976). The officer had ample reasonable grounds in this matter. Once again, clearly ample reasonable grounds existed for the police officer to believe that the motorist operated the vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Officer Staley testified that after he stopped the vehicle that the petitioner was driving, he detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the petitioner, that the petitioner swayed, that the petitioner had bloodshot and glassy eyes, that the petitioner fumbled for his documents, that the petitioner failed the requested field sobriety tests, and that the petitioner admitted that he had been drinking. REFUSAL The petitioner may argue that the petitioner's actions did not constitute a refused but that the petitioner was merely trying to clarify his rights citing cases such as Mashuda v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 701 A.2d 301 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1997) and McCloskey v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 722 A.2d 1159 (pa. Cmwlth. 1999). 4 '~'~~'I~j'j,-;-;-! The officer testified that he read the DL-26 word-for-word to the petitioner, that he provided the petitioner with the form to read and that he explained the DL-26 to the petitioner. This took about 20 minutes. The petitioner never agreed to submit to the test. The petitioner rather than agreeing to submit to the test, kept on asking questions and asking for an attorney. Finally, the officer asked him ifhe would submit to the test and the petitioner replied: "NO." The law is well settled that any response from a driver that is substantially short of an unqualified, unequivocal assent to submit to a chemical test constitutes a refusal, subjecting the driver to the one-year suspension mandated by 75 Pa.C.S. S 1547 as a consequence of such refusal. Department of Transportation v. Renwick, 669 A.2d 934 (Pa. 1996); Finney v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 721 A.2d 420 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998). A refusal need not be expressed in words, but can be implied from a motorist's actions. Finney v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 721 A.2d 420, 423 (pa. Cmwlth. 1998). Accord Renwick. In this case, the petitioner never agreed to submit to the requested breath test. In fact, the petitioner verbally indicated by a "NO" that he was not going to submit to the requested chemical test. Clearly, the petitioner refused to submit to the requested chemical test. Additionally, the petitioner states that the petitioner had not been observed for the 20 minutes as required by the breath test regulations as found as 67 Pa. Code S 77.24 and as a result there was no refusal. The Department's regulations require a person to be observed for 20 minutes prior to the initial administration of the alcohol breath test. 67 Pa. Code S 77.24. In this case, the breath test was never administered to the petitioner. The petitioner's refused to submit to the requested breath test, therefore, the 20 minute waiting period was irrelevant. KNOWING AND CONSCIOUS REFUSAL The motorist may argue that he did not refuse to take the test because he was physically incapable of making a knowing and conscious refusal or that the refusal of the test was not knowing and conscious. In either case, the burden of proof is upon the petitioner to establish the defense. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. O'Connell, 521 Pa. 242, 555 A.2d 873 (1989). If the motorist argues that his refusal was because he was physically incapable of performing the requested chemical test, the driver must establish that fact by competent, unequivocal medical evidence. Bridges v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 752 A.2d 456 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2000); Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Wilhelm, 626 A.2d 660 (pa. Cmwlth. 1993). Expert testimony is required except where the driver's inability to perform the test is obvious to a layperson. Carlin v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 739 A.2d 656 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1999)(en bane), 5 '".,-,l..;~'''''''"'''';IifA appeal denied, 759 A.2d 924 (Pa. 2000). Additionally, when the physical inability is based upon a medical condition, the driver must also notifY the test administrator of the medical condition so that the test administrator had the opportunity to offer another type of chemical test. Landsberger v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 717 A.2d 1121 (Pa. Cmwlth 1998); Hatalski v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 666 A.2d 386 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1995); Larkin v. Commonwealth, 53 I A.2d 844 (Pa. CmwIth. 1987). In this case, the Department does not anticipate that the petitioner will be able to produce any competent medical evidence that either a hearing deficiency or Meniere's disease prevented the petitioner from providing sufficient breath as required by the breath test instrument. Furthennore, the petitioner merely told the officer that he had Meniere's disease without any further explanation. The petitioner did not tell the officer that he could not hear. Therefore, any defense relying on a supposed medical condition which rendered the petitioner medically incapable of performing the test should fail because the petitioner did not properly inform the officer of the same. If the motorist argues that the he was physically incapable of making a knowing and conscious refusal, then the motorist must establish that fact by competent, unequivocal medical evidence. Wright v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 788 A.2d 443 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2001), appeal denied, _ Pa. _, _ A.2d _ (2002); Department of Transportation, Bureau ofTrafJic Safety v. Holsten, 150 Pa. Cmwlth. 1,615 A.2d 113 (1992); Zubic v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of TrafJic Safety, 93 Pa. Cmwlth. 221, 500 A.2d 1288 (1985). Only when the driver's physical incapacity is obviously incapactating or the injuries debilitating effect so obvious will the driver be excused from presenting competence medical evidence. McQuaide v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 647 A.2d 299 (Pa. CwmIth. 1994);Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. GrijJith, 541 A.2d 66 (Pa. CmwIth. 1988); Department of Transportation, Bureau ofTrafJic Safety v. Day, 500 A.2d 2 I 4 (Pa. CmwIth. 1985). In this case, there was no obvious physical condition or injury which rendered the motorist incapable of making a knowing and conscious refusal. Therefore, the defense must fail. Furthennore, motorist must present competent medical evidence by a medical expert who must be able to state within a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the motorist's medical condition or injury degraded the motorist's cognitive abilities to the extent that the motorist was incapable of making a knowing and conscious decision regarding the chemical test. DiGiovanni v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 717 A.2d 1125 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998); Barbour v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 701 A.2d 990 (pa. Cmwlth. 1997). In this case, the petitioner presented no competent medical evidence proving any alleged incapacity to make a knowing and conscious refusal. He did, however, presented the testimony of a Mr. Donald Edward Richardson. Mr. Richardson is a speech language pathologist. Dep. 6 '.-- 1"~&...:,,;jjJ!fMt,j pages 5, lines 14 - 17. Mr. Richardson is not a medical doctor nor does he make medical assessments. Dep. page 7, lines 18 - 21. The petitioner did not establish by competent medical evidence that he was incapable of performing the test or incapable of making a knowing and conscious refusal. Mr. Richardson, a speech language pathologist, testified that he saw the petitioner so as to maximize the benefit of the petitioner's hearing aid with the benefit of speech reading. Dep. page 12, lines 13 - 15; page 15, lines 18 - 22; page 26, lines 12 - 13. Mr. Richardson is competent to testifY only to those matters related to training the petitioner in speech reading. Mr. Richardson acknowledged that the petitioner has a hearing problem and the hearing aid is designed to assist the petitioner in his hearing. Dep. pages 28, line 24 - page 29, lines 1 - 2. Mr. Richardson acknowledged that the petitioner can hear without the hearing aid. Dep. pages 29, lines 18 - 24 - page 30, lines 1 - 14. The petitioner in his brief argues that Mr. Richardson indicated to a reasonable degree of certainty that the petitioner would have difficulty in understanding any explanation by a police officer regarding questions he had relative to written text. Mr. Richardson, however, indicated that the very conditions surrounding the request for chemical test, reading of the DL-26 and explanation of the DL-26 in a well-lit area with few distractions while being in custody of a police officer who was reading and speaking to him in plain view only a few feet away face to face increases a person's ability of speech reading. Dep. pages 32, lines 12 - 24 - page 34, lines 1-24 - page 35, lines 1 - 3. Moreover, Mr. Richardson acknowledged that the petitioner can hear without the hearing aid. Dep. pages 29, lines 18 - 24 - page 30, lines 1 - 14. Mr. Richardson testified that he did not know how loud the officer was speaking to the petitioner and that he did not know any of the conditions that existed at the time of the refusal.l l. Dep. page 44, lines I - 12. Q. Did you hear the 20 minute conversation between the police officer and Mr. Doyle? A. No. Q. SO you don't know how loud the police officer was talking to him, do you? A. Correct. Q. You don't know what level he was, do you? A. Correct. Dep. page 45, lines 9 - 22. . Q. Other than the testing that you have done you don't really know what type off actors he was under m the evening in question, do you? A. Correct. Mr. Hershey: Objection to the form of the question, I'm not sure what factors mean. Q. You don't know the hearing levels, the placement of the bodies, the level of intoxication, you don't know any of that, do yon? A. Correct. 7 ,~ kc"_ ~',~ " "~ " . ""I.;~~;;_, Dep. pages 43, lines 12 - 24 - page 44, lines I - 24 - page 45, lines I - 22. Mr. Richardson's lack of first hand information prevents him from rendering an opinion to a reasonable certainty. See Landsberger v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 717 A.2d 1121, 1124-1125, (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998). In Landsberger, the petitioner attempted to present a knowing and conscious defense based upon his deafness and presented the testimony of an audiologist. Landsberger v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 717 A.2d 1121, 1124-1125, (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998). The defense failed in that case because the licensee failed to inform the officer of the condition. Additionally in Landsberber, the licensee argued that he met his burden with the testimony of the audiologist. Id. As in this case, the audiologist testified that he did not have first hand knowledge of the factors involved in the interaction between the licensee and the officer. Because the audiologist did not have first hand knowledge of the exact factors of the interaction between the officer and motorist, the court ruled that the testimony did not provide the substantial evidence needed to meet the licensee's burden of proof. 2 Id. As in Landsberger, the audiologist in this case testified that he did not know the exact factors in the communication between the petitioner and the police officer. Because he does not have first hand knowledge, his testimony fails to meet the petitioner's burden of proof in an attempt to prove that the petitioner was unable to make a knowing and conscious refusal. Even if a knowing and conscious defense is presented, the defense fails when the incapacity is caused, in whole or in part, by the motorist's voluntary consumption of alcohol or drugs. Hinkel v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 715 A.2d 556 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1988); Plotts v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 660 A.2d 133 (pa. Cmwlth. 1995) (en banc); Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Holsten, 150 Pa. Cmwlth. 1,615 A.2d 113 (1992); Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v.Moss, 146 Pa. Cmwlth. 330, 605 A.2d 1279 (1992), appeal denied, 532 Pa. 648, 614 A.2d 1144 (1992). Of course, voluntary intoxication is no defense. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensingv. Monsay, 142 Pa. Cmwlth. 163, 596 A.2d 1269 (1991). Mr. Richardson testified that he could not rule out alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle's 2. Landsberger v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 717 A.2d 1121 at 1124-1125: Q. Mr. Peterson, you really don't know exactly what kind off actors Mr. Landsberger was operating under on the evening in question. Other than the testing you have done two months after the event, you really don't know what type of factors he was under on the evening in question, do you? A. No. . ... ,. Q. SO can you really state with certamty that on the evenmg m question, on January 27 - and I am not , talking about possibilities, I am talking about with certainty - on January 27" whether Mr. Landsberger could hear and understand what the trooper was asking him to do? A. I could not due to unawareness at the level which the trooper was speaking and any other conditions that were involved. 8 n , J; ~-j-"mJ;fwVclG ability to make a knowing and conscious refusal. 3 3. Deposition page 41, lines 6 - 24 -page 42, lines 1-16: Q. Once again, assuming that the facts are going to come out as Mr. Doyle was swaying, when the officer encounter Mr. Doyle, Mr. Doyle was swayjng, smelling of alcohol, his eyes were blood shot and glassy, he fumbled with his documents, and he admitted drinking, and he failed field sobriety test, knowing that are you able to rule out consumption of alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle's conduct during the incident? A. No. Q. SO, it would be fair to state that you cannot rule out alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle's refusal to a chemical test? Mr. Hershey: Objection to the form of the question, assumes facts. Q. Mr. Richardson, would it be fair to say that assuming those facts that I just told you about how the officer encountered Mr. Doyle you cannot rule out alcohol as playjng a factor in Mr. Doyle's behavior during the incident, correct? A. Correct. Q. Once again, assuming those facts you cannot rule out alcohol as a factor in Mr. Doyle's choice whether to take or to refusal the requested breath test, correct? A. Correct. Q. You cannot rule out as a factor, assuming those facts you cannot rule out alcohol as a factor in the communication between Mr. Doyle and the police officer, correct? A. Correct. Deposition page 46, lines 3 - 8: Q. In your opinion to a degree of certainty, a medical certainty can you rule out alcohol as not playing a factor in Mr. Doyle's ability to make a knowing and conscious refusal? A. No. See the following in Hinkel v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 715 A.2d 556 (Fa. Cwm1th. 1998): Q. Can you say, with a degree of reasonable medical certainty, that any incapacity that this individual had in making a knowing and conscious refusal was entirely due to his depression and not at least partially due to his alcohol consumption? A. No one can say that. However, based on July, I would have to say the depression alone, in my opinion, based on my findings, would have affected his mental capacity enough to make an informed decision about a blood -alcohol test invalid. Q. Can you say that the alcohol played no role in his inability back in April, though? A. I can't say it played no role. But I can tell you that in the visit in July I would not have accepted an advanced directive from the patient. ...I still think that depression would have, alone, affected his mental capacity. The incapacity defense failed in Hinkel because the testimony by the doctor could not rule out the possibility that the licensee's incapacity may not have been due in part to his alcohol consumption. Hinkel v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing. See also Appeal of Cravener, 135 Pa. Commw. Ct. 480,580 A.2d 1196 (1990) (defense to the license suspension failed based upon licensee's inability to make a knowing and conscious refusal because doctor's opinion that licensee's behavior resulted from a combination of alcohol consumption and head injuries.). The court in Cravener held that if a licensee's self-inflicted condition due to his voluntary consumption of alcohol is a factor which contributes to rendering him mentally incapable of making a knowing and conscious refusal to submit to chemical testing, the defense must fail. See also Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Lkensingv. Monsay, 142 Pa. Commw. Ct. 163,596 A.2d 1269 (1991) (defense failed because doctor testified that alcohol could have been a contributing factor to licensee's behavior.). 9 ~'i~ ~~. -.' ~ .. ~-, w,f, ~'-~~'jf,~i Moreover, not only could Mr. Richardson not rule out that alcohol did not playa factor in Mr. Doyle's ability to make a knowing and conscious refusal, Mr. Richardson testified that alcohol consumption impairs a person's ability to speech read. The effects of alcohol are well established, including the fact that alcohol impairs a person's vision and acts as a central nervous system depressant.4 Mr. Richardson testified that a person's ability to speech read would be decreased if the person's vision was impaired. Dep. pages 38, lines 13 - 24 - page 39, lines I - 10. Mr. Richardson testified that a person's ability to speech read would be decreased if the person's mental facilities were impaired.5 Dep. pages 40, lines 13 - 24 - page 41, lines I - 2. Mr. Richardson testified that he could not rule out alcohol as a factor in the communication between the petitioner and the police officer. Dep. page 42, lines 11 - 16. Once again, a knowing and conscious defense fails when the incapacity is caused, in whole or in part, by the motorist's voluntary consumption of alcohol or drugs. Hinkel v. 4. See Commw. v. Leninsky, 519 A.2d 984 (pa. Super. 1986) at footnote 6 wherein the court took judicial notice of the following symptoms or signs of alcohol intoxication: I) odor of breath; 2) flushed appearance; 3) lack of muscular coordination; 4) speech difficulties; 5) disorderly or unusual conduct; 6) mental or visual difficulties; 7) sleepiness; 8) dizziness; and 9) nausea. See also Pennsylvania Driving Under the Influence Association article on Alcohol and the Human Body available on their web site at www.padui.org. 5. Deposition page 38, lines 19 - 24 page 39, lines I - 24 - page 40, lines I - 2: Q. Assuming that alcohol consumption effects visual acuity would cognition, the spoken communications be decreased? A. I guess comprehension of ideas could be effected relative to speech reading. Q. Because the person cannot see as well, correct? A. Correct, right. Q. Now, cognition of spoken communication would especially decrease if a hearing impaired person who relies on speech reading and/or lip reading to enhance cognition? A. Correct. Q. And that was negatively effected by the, under the influence of alcohol, correct? A. Correct Q. Now, I want you to - also alcohol effects the. central nervous system, correct? A. Correct. Q. Alcohol is a depressant, correct? A. Correct. Q. Alcohol impairs a persons' ability to recall past eveilts, correct? A. Correct. Q. Is it possible that because decreased mental facility, as a result of alcohol intoxication, a person's ability to speech read would be deceased? Correct? A. Correct. Deposition page 53, lines 9 - 22: Q. by Hershey: You were presented with evidence that Mr. Doyle had been stopped for a headlight violation as opposed to some other reason. A. Correct. Q. An further that he had experienced a Meniere's attack and further that he was administered field sobriety tests at the time when he had a low back problem. A. Correct. Q. Under those circumstances would your testimony be, would your opinion be that Mr. Doyle had decreased his communication skill because he was under the influence of alcohol A. Correct. 10 ..f0. "~L Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 715 A.2d 556 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1988); See also Dailey v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 722 A.2d 772 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1999), Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. Andrews, 505 A.2d412 (pa. Cmwlth 1986). Additionally, Mr. Richardson, testified that Mr. Doyle's decision to not wear his hearing aid would not be compliant with Mr. Doyle's treatment plan. Dep. page 47, lines 20 - 23; page 48, lines 12 - 15. By declining the police officer's offer to the petitioner for the petitioner to put in his hearing aid the petitioner negatively effected his cognition of spoken communication. Dep. pages 48, line 22 - 24 - page 49, line 1 - 3. Mr. Doyle impaired his ability to hear and impaired his cognition of any communication because he did not put in his hearing aid. Dep. page 50, lines 11 - 15. The petitioner should not now be able to rely on his hearing impairment when he himself could have mitigated his hearing impainnent by inserting his hearing aid. Just as when a knowing and conscious defense fails based upon the motorist's voluntary decision to drink so should the petitioner's knowing and conscious defense fail based upon the motorist's decision to not wear his hearing aid. See Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Andrews, 95 Pa. Cmwlth. 338, 505 A.2d 412 (1986). CONFUSION OVER MIRANDA RIGHTS A motorist may also argue he was unable to make a knowing and conscious refusal because he was confused over his Miranda rights. Again, once the Commonwealth meets its prima facie burden, it is the motorist's burden to prove that because of his confusion over his Miranda rights he was not capable of making a knowing and conscious refusal. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety v. O'Connell, 521 Pa. 242, 555 A.2d 873 (1989). Whenever a motorist is arrested for DUI and requested to submit to a chemical test, he must be provided with the 0 'Connell warning. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241, 684 A.2d 539 (1996). Any defense based upon the motorist's confusion of the Miranda and O'Connell warnings is a type of knowing and conscious defense and the burden of proof is upon the petitioner. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Ingram, 538 Pa. 236, 648 A.2d 285 (1994). A proper 0 'Connell warning must inform the motorist that his operating privilege will be suspended for one year ifhe refuses a chemical test and that his Miranda rights do not apply to chemical testing. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241,684 A.2d 539 (1996); Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Ingram, 538 Pa. 236, 648 A.2d 285 (1994). Officer Staley testified that he read, word-for-word, to the petitioner from the Department's DL-26 form. Department's exhibit 1. The portion of the DL-26 form that the 11 "$\ .<, ~""l '~'~" officer read to the motorist reads as follows: I. Please be advised that you are now under arrest for driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance pursuant to section 3731 of the Vehicle Code. 2. I arn requesting that you submit to a chemical test ofbloodJurine. 3. It is my duty, as a police officer, to inform you that if you refuse to submit to the chemical test your operating privilege will be suspended for a period of one year. 4. a) The constitutional rights you have as a criminal defendant, commonly known as the Miranda Rights, including the right to speak with a lawyer and the right to remain silent, apply only to criminal prosecutions and do not apply to the chemical testing procedure under Pennsylvania's hnplied Consent Law, which is a civil, not a criminal proceeding. b ) You have no right to speak to a lawyer, or anyone else, before taking the chemical test requested by the police officer nor do you have a right to remain silent when asked by the police officer to submit to the chemical test. Unless you agree to submit to the test requested by the police officer your conduct will be deemed to be refusal and your operating privilege will be suspended for one year. c) Your refusal to submit to chemical testing under the hnplied Consent Law may be introduced into evidence in a criminal prosecution for driving while under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance. See Department's exhibit 1. The language on the DL-26 form has been held to be an acceptable warning. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Ingram, 538 Pa. 236, 648 A.2d 285 (1994); Crowley v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 540 Pa. 21, 655 A.2d 491 (1994), aft" g per curiarn sub nom., Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Crowley, 160 Pa. Cmwlth. 324, 634 A.2d 826 (1993). There is no requirement that the form be read to the motorist, merely that the motorist was provided with the proper warnings. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241, 684 A.2d 539 (1996); Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Ingram, 538 Pa. 236, 648 A.2d 285 (1994). The petitioner was clearly provided the proper O'Connell warning. Once the police officer has provided the 0 'Connell warning to the motorist, then the officer has done all that is legally required to ensure that the motorist has been fully advised of the consequences of refusing to submit to the chemical test. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241, 684 A.2d 539 (1996). Once the motorist has been properly advised of the o 'Connell warning, a refusal to submit to a chemical test will not be excused as unknowing on the basis of the motorist's subjective belief regarding the application of Miranda and 0 'Connell. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241, 684 A.2d 539 (1996). 12 '''4 .....""~ ., "'Ai' ,1',J('ii'ik.::f~> . , . As stated earlier, after a police officer has requested a motorist to submit to a chemical test, there is only one acceptable response; that is, an unqualified, unequivocal assent to submit to the requested test. Department of Transportation v. Renwick, 543 Pa. 122,669 A.2d 934 (1996). A police officer is not required to explain everything which may confuse a motorist. See Keenan v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 657 A.2d 134 (pa. Cmwlth. 1995). The DL-26 clearly states that "",if you refuse to submit to the chemical test your operating privilege will be suspended for a period of one year" and "Unless you agree to submit to the test requested by the police officer your conduct will be deemed a refusal your operating privilege will be suspended for one year." See Department's exhibit 1. The motorist was clearly warned of the consequences of refusing the requested chemical test. In this case, the police officer did all he was required to do. As stated earlier, once the police officer has provided the 0 'Connell warning to the motorist, then the officer has done all that is legally required to ensure that the motorist has been fully advised of the consequences of refusing to submit to the chemical test. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241, 684 A.2d 539 (1996). Once the motorist has been properly advised of the O'Connell warning, a refusal to submit to a chemical test will not be excused as unknowing on the basis of the motorist's sjlbjective belief regarding the application of Miranda and O'Connell. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing v. Scott, 546 Pa. 241,684 A.2d 539 (1996); Hirsch v. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing, 702 A.2d 375 (pa. Cmwlth. 1997). Based on the aforementioned and the testimony, I respectfully request that the court dismiss the motorist's appeal and reinstate the suspension. Sincerely, ! ~L George ~ Kabusk Assistant Counsel GK/gk cc: David E. Hershey, Esquire, 1 South Baltimore Street, Dillsburg, PA 17019 Francis P. Bach, Assistant Counsel in Charge, Traffic Safety Section 13 I' L-~1l!!*=w.!, , IN TilE COURT OF COMl\:lON PLEAS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYL VANIA JAMES DOYLE, III. CIVIL ACTION - LAW LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL VS. NO: 01-6207 COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING CIVIL TERM .................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................. TO TilE HONORABLE J. WESLEY OLER, JR., JUDGE OF SAID COURT: MEMORANDUM These are Petitioner's proposed findings offact and conclusions oflaw: I. PROPOSED FINDINGS OF FACT 1. Petitioner, James Doyle, III, (hereinafter Petitioner), was placed under arrest by Officer Brian Staley of the New Cumberland Borough Police Department on August 10, 2001. 2. Petitioner has a pre-existing medical condition related to hearing loss and menieres disease. 3. Petitioner did not have his hearing aid in during field sobriety testing by Officer Staley. 4. Petitioner had difficulty understanding Officer Staley's verbal instructions during the walk and turn and one-leg stand field sobriety test. 5. Petitioner was transported to the West Shore Booking Center by Officer Staley and arrived at the Booking Center at 0157 hours. ,," - ,,' l '''';'''''<L~'i,-! 6. Prior to Petitioner's arrival at the Booking Center, there was no discussion of Pennsylvania's implied consent provisions nor was Petitioner provided with his DL-26 warnings. 7. Upon arrival at the Booking Center, Petitioner had his handcuffs removed, had his personal effects inventoried and was asked a few preliminary biographical questions, all of which took approximately 10 minutes. 8. Petitioner was read PennDOT Form DL-26 while he was seated and Officer Staley was standing during which time Petitioner did not have his hearing aid in. 9. Petitioner was not advised that he could put his hearing aid in until such time as he arrived at the Booking Center. 10. Petitioner, while reading PennDOT Form DL-26 had questions regarding the rights outlined in Paragraphs 4(a) and 4(c) of that Form. Petitioner had some difficulty in understanding the warnings outlined in Paragraph 4 ofPennDOT Form DL-26. 11. Petitioner had indicated that he wanted a lawyer. 12. Petitioner had questions regarding the refusal being entered into evidence against him in a criminal trial. 13. The statement that Officer Staley attributed as being a refusal of chemical testing was not recorded contemporaneously with the Officer's determination that a refusal had occurred. 14. Petitioner's signature does not appear on PennDOT Form DL-26 acknowledging that he was advised of his warnings. 15. Petitioner was advised upon arrival of the Booking Center that he was being audio and videotaped. 2 - , '. ~ ,-" "~- ,', J'''''-'.''~q( 16. There is a audio and videotape of Petitioner, however, it does not include any of the relevant exchanges between Officer Staley and the Petitioner regarding PennDOT Form DL- 26. No time of warning or refusal is recorded on PennDOT Form DL-26 marked as Commonwealth Exhibit 1. 17. Officer Staley has no recollection of whether or not he requested Petitioner to sigu-off on the DL-26 warnings. The time that Officer Staley recorded a refusal was approximately 0222 hours. 18. Officer Staley does not recall the exact words that Petitioner used which were interpreted as a refusal of chemical testing. Officer Staley gave testimony under oath at a previous proceeding which he acknowledged in the case at bar as quoting Petitioner as saying "I don't think the light being out was a reason to be arrested." 19. Petitioner advised Agent~"h,"t11hat he did not refuse a chemical test. 20. The actual time spent discussing the DL-26 Form was approximately 10 to 15 minutes after Petitioner was done with the preliminary Booking Center intake procedure. 21. As a factual matter, Petitioner did not refuse a chemical test of breath. 22. Factors that would interfere with Petitioner's ability to communicate with another person include the presence of background noise, the relationship between Petitioner and the party Petitioner is attempting to communicate with, and whether or not Petitioner has his hearing aid in. 23. At the time of Petitioner' s processing at the Lower Allen Township Booking Center, there was background noise present. Petitioner was not at eye-level with the Officer Staley and Petitioner did not have his hearing aid in. 3 " ' ~ j, '" ~, II. CONCLUSIONS OF LAW A.. PennDOT regulations regarding pre-test procedures for breath test equipment at 67 P A Code Section 77.1 et seq require an observation period of at least 20 minutes before an actual test sarnple is taken. B. Driver's questions to Officer Staley for 10 to 15 minutes about implied consent form were not indicative of a refusal to submit to blood alcohol test but were merely an attempt to clarify the motorist's rights. See McDonald v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensing- Pa. Commonwealth _ 708, A.2d 154 (1998). See also Frengel v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensing- _ Pa. Commonwealth _ 666 A.2d 785 (1995) holding that driver licenses could not be suspended for failure to submit to chemical test, where driver's inquiries about his right to an attorney before taking tests indicated confusion rather than wilful and deliberate refusal to submit to tests. C. If the court [mds that the department has made out it's case including that petitioner refused to submit to a chemical test, there is substantial evidence to support this court's determination that refusal of hearing impaired motorist was not product of knowing and conscious decision based upon competent medical evidence. See Commonwealth v. Gaertner, _Pa. Commonwealth_, 589 A.2d272 (1991). III. ARGUMENT A. Our appellate courts have consistently held that even if the police provide a sufficient O'Connell warning, a license suspension imposed on a licensee for refusing to submit to chemical testing, must be reversed, if the fact finder determines that the circumstances 4 ."- ~ '~~-llli;~;.<;L', .~ -~~ ~~~ " ~ ,.,1 '-""I,,^,i..,h surrounding the police request for chemical testing are confusing and prevent a licensee from understanding the warning. See Frengel v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensing, supra at A.2d 785. Moreover, our appellate courts have held that 10 to 15 minutes of questioning concerning a licensee's rights when confused does not constitute a refusal as a matter oflaw. See McDonald supra A.2d at Page 154. Ifthe trial court makes a finding that Petitioner's testimony is credible regarding his confusion, and further that Petitioner did not refuse to take a test, these credibility findings will not be disturbed on appeal. See McDonald supra at A.2d 154. In support of Petitioner's argument that the department has not established that Petitioner refused, as a matter of fact, the videotape in the Commonwealth's care, custody, and control, does not document the exchange between Petitioner and Officer Staley, the DL-26 Form does not contain Petitioner's signature confirming that Petitioner was advised of his warnings, the alleged statement made by Petitioner that Officer Staley has treated as a refusal was not recorded contemporaneously with the event and does not appear in Officer Staley's field notes and Officer Staley has confirmed during cross-examination that Petitioner had questions about both his right to an attorney and the issue of whether a refusal to submit to chemical testing may be introduced into evidence in a criminal proceeding. The time-line for this incident also suggests that Officer Staley's conclusion that the DL-26 Form was reviewed for a period of20 to 25 minutes is in error. Specifically, there was competent uncontradicted testimony that Petitioner had to have his handcuffs removed, had to have his personal belonging inventoried and was asked some preliminary questions before he was seated next to the breathalyzer device to listen to Officer Staley's warnings. This 5 .Ol . -, ......L-.#", preliminary process took approximately 10 minutes, thereby reducing the time Petitioner had with his DL-26 Form to between 10 and 15 m0utes. Moreover, there was competent testimony that Petitioner stated to Booking Agenlfi~'trt~ho was the intoxilyzer operator that he did not refuse immediately after Officer Staley said he was deeming Petitioner's conduct at refusal. The Commonwealth Court will not overturn unchallenged findings of fact based upon credible testimony of the licensee. See McDonald supra at A.2d 154. Moreover, the transcript of Officer Staley's direct and cross-examination reveals inconsistencies in his testimony regarding what Petitioner actually said to him during the event in question. In the event that the department cites McCloskey v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensing, _ Pa. Commonwealth _, 722 A.2d 1159 (1999), the McCloskey decision is distinguishable on its facts from the present case. Specifically, the trial court found in McCloskey that although the licensee asked a few questions about Form DL-26 the licensee continued to press the police officer for more time to make a decision. See McCloskey supra at A.2d 1159. Moreover, the trial court, after reviewing a videotape of the exchange in McCloskey, supra concluded that the licensee's conduct belied his claim that he was confused by the implied consent warnings and that he was more likely than not stalling for time. See McCloskey supra at A.2d 1159. For the above-mentioned reasons, Petitioner believes that the McCloskey decision is distinguishable. Although the implied consent provisions do not outline a time within which a motorist will be afforded an opportunity to submit to a chemical test, at no time did Officer Staley advise Petitioner that there would be any time limitations after which the conduct would be considered a refusal. Moreover, PennDOT regulations for breath test procedures at 67 Pa. 6 Ei ~~~... o "' '","'-"< , - = -"-,,,{ -~f~~ Codes 77 0 I et seq require as a matter of law that the motorist be observed for 20 consecutive minutes before a test sample can be obtained. Accordingly, the 10 to IS minutes involved with Petitioner questioning his rights on DOT Form DL-26 did nothing to impede the efficient administration of a breath test. In the event that the department cites the Todd decision in response to this argument, Petitioner argues that Todd is distinguishable on its facts as Todd was based upon a motorist's failure to provide necessary breath samples after being afforded three opportunities to blow into a breath test device. See Todd v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensing, _ Pa. _ 723 A.2d 655, 656, 659. In dicta Todd stated that "While clearly a motorist must be allowed a reasonable and sufficient opportunity to complete chemical alcohol testing, a refusal to test need not be manifested overtly or verbally". See Todd vs. Commonwealth Department of Transportation. Bureau of Driver Licensing, supra at A.2d 658. Petitioner argues herein that he has not been provided a reasonable and sufficient opportunity to complete alcohol testing. With respect to the third issue, in the event that the court finds that the Petitioner refuses a matter of fact, which is specifically denied, the court may find that the Petitioner was unable to knowingly and volumarily assent to chemical testing due to a medical condition involving his lack of hearing capacity which was substantiated by competent medical evidence provided through the Deposition for use at trial by Doctor Donald Richards. In Commonwealth v. Gaertner, the Commonwealth Court held that where a hearing impaired motorist had difficulty understanding several words contained in a chemical test warnings form which was substantiated by expert testimony, substantial evidence supported the trial court's determination that the refusal of the hearing impaired motorist was not the product of a knowing and conscious decision. See 7 . , , " .,..0.'- [" J", Commonwealth v. Gaertner, supra at A.2d 274. Additionally, in Gaertner, the Commonwealth Court noted that "perhaps the most compelling reason in this case, which leads us to affIrm the trial court, bears on our standard of review. Whether one has made a knowing and intelligent refusal to submit to chemical testing is a question offact for the trial court." See Gaertner, supra at A.2d 275. IV. CONCLUSION For the above-mentioned reasons, Petitioner requests This Honorable Court to adopt a proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law and find in the first instance that the Petitioner did not refuse chemical testing both as a matter of fact and as a matter oflaw. Respectfully submitted, WILEY, LENOX, COLGAN & MARZZACCO, P.C. Date: June 5, 2002 By: D,L~;re Supreme Court ID No. 43092 1 South Baltimore Street Dillsburg, PA 17019 (717) 432-9666 8 --- "~ " ~j~~h IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA JAMES DOYLE, III. CIVIL ACTION - LAW LICENSE SUSPENSION APPEAL VS. NO: 01-6207 COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING CIVIL TERM .................................................................................................................. .................................................................................................................. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On the 5th day of June, 2002, I certify that a copy of the foregoing petition was served upon the following attorney for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Hand-Delivery on Thursday, June 6, 2002, at the address as follows: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation George Kabusk, Esquire Office of Chief Counsel Third Floor, Riverfront Office Center Harrisburg, P A 17104-2516 Date: June 5, 2002 Respectfully submitted, :~LEY'LE~CO'PC Dav' . Hershey, Esquire Supreme Court 10 No. 43092 1 South Baltimore Street Dillsburg, PA 17019 (717) 432-9666 9 :;l' " "" ," , " '" ",'-~'< ,- " -~ ,,~ -"'" "'~.,""~"'. i '~;;,+ JAMES DOYLE, III, Appellant/Petitioner IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYL VANIA v. CIVIL ACTION - LAW COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYL VANIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BUREAU OF DRIVER LICENSING, Appellee/Respondent NO. 01-6027 CIVIL TERM ORDER OF COURT AND NOW, this 10th day of June, 2002, upon consideration of Appellant/Petitioner's License Suspension Appeal, and following a hearing held on March 21, 2002, and June 6, 2002, the appeal is denied and the action of Appellee/Respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in suspending the driving privileges of Appellant/Petitioner by notice dated September 21, 2001, is affirmed. BY THE COURT, / David E. 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