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Collen Lawrence v. State of Rhode Island, A.A. No. 13 -139 Knowing and Voluntary Decision

Defendant appealed the decision of the Appeals Panel sustaining the violation of R.I.G.L. 1956 § 31-27-2.1 (refusal to submit). Defendant claimed that the decision of the Appeals Panel should be reversed because she was unable to knowingly and voluntarily refuse to submit to a chemical test. However, the Court concluded that the defendant only raised this argument in passing and failed to allege either that § 31-27-2.1 requires a refusal to be made knowingly and voluntarily, or that a provision of constitutional law was violated. Accordingly, the Court declined to judge the validity of the defendant’s argument and sustained the violation.

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