Patrick Suiter v. State Alaska

On April 2, 1988, Patrick Suiter was involved in a multi-vehicle accident on the highway outside of the City of Kodiak. The state troopers who arrived at the scene of the accident encountered Suiter and concluded that he was under the influence of alcohol. Trooper Martin, who arrested Suiter for driving while intoxicated, transported him to the police station. At the police station, Martin asked Suiter to take the Intoximeter test. When Suiter did not respond to this request, Martin began to read the implied consent form which explained Suiters obligation to take the Intoximeter test under the law. Suiter was yelling as the trooper read the implied consent form. When Martin was reading paragraph 6 of the implied consent form Suiter grabbed the form, put into his mouth, chewed it up, and then spit it out. Martin did not finish reading the form and did not again ask Suiter to submit to the intoximeter test. Suiter was then taken to jail.