Shakerin v. Motor Vehicles Div.
| Decision Date | 25 April 1990 |
| Parties | In the Matter of the Suspension of the Driving Privileges of Kasra SHAKERIN, Respondent, v. MOTOR VEHICLES DIVISION, Appellant. A8807-03644; CA A51165. |
| Court | Oregon Court of Appeals |
John A. Reuling, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Atty. Gen., and Virginia L. Linder, Sol. Gen., Salem.
Robert A. Goffredi, Portland, argued the cause and filed the brief for respondent.
Before BUTTLER, P.J., and WARREN and ROSSMAN, JJ.
Motor Vehicles Division (MVD) appeals the circuit court's judgment vacating its order suspending petitioner's driving privileges pursuant to ORS 813.410. It contends that petitioner's refusal to take a breath test was voluntary and that he had had a reasonable opportunity to contact counsel. We reverse.
We state the facts consistently with the findings of the hearings officer. See ORS 813.450(4)(c). Trooper Olsen arrested petitioner for driving under the influence of intoxicants at about 2:45 a.m. Petitioner asked permission to call an attorney, and Olsen told him that he could when they had reached the police station. They arrived at the station at 3:40 a.m., and Olsen began the 15-minute observation period necessary before a breath test. According to Olsen, he asked petitioner if he would like to contact an attorney, and petitioner replied that he "wanted to go to the bathroom first and he didn't want to call an attorney." Olsen said that they would have to finish the test first. He read petitioner the "Rights and Consequences" form twice, explaining three or four times the periods of suspension that he could receive. Petitioner did not repeat his request to go to the bathroom. Olsen asked him again if he wanted an attorney, and he said that he did not. Finally, Olsen asked if he would take the examination, and petitioner said, "No." 1
At the hearing, petitioner argued that his need to urinate on the morning of his arrest rendered involuntary his decisions not to contact counsel and to refuse to take the test. The hearings officer upheld the suspension of petitioner's driving privileges, finding that he had not expressed "extreme discomfort." The circuit court reversed. It held that petitioner's decisions were involuntary, because he was "suffering extreme physical discomfort."
MVD concedes that a painful need to urinate might make a refusal involuntary if the officer indicates that the arrested person must refuse in order to use the bathroom immediately. It argues, however, that the hearings officer properly found that petitioner's need did not rise to that level and that the circuit court improperly substituted its judgment for that of the hearings officer.
ORS 813.450 provides for appeal of MVD orders to the circuit court and, thereafter, to the Court of Appeals. ORS 813.450(4) defines the scope of review by stating, in part:
"Upon review in the circuit court and Court of Appeals, the court may affirm, reverse or remand the order * * *[.]"
ORS 813.450(5) provides:
"Upon review, the court shall affirm the division's order unless the court finds a ground for setting aside, modifying or remanding to the division under a specified provision of this section."
Both subsections use the word "court" to mean both the circuit court and the Court of Appeals and provide that the court shall review the division's order. Therefore, we review MVD's order, not the judgment of the circuit court. Blackman v. MVD, 90 Or.App. 408, 752 P.2d 1241, rev. den. 306 Or. 660, 763 P.2d 151 (1988).
ORS 813.450(4)(c) provides the standard for review:
"The court shall set aside or remand the order if it finds that the order is not supported by substantial evidence in the record."
We review to determine whether a reasonable person could have made the findings supporting the decision, not whether a...
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