delivered the opinion of the court:
Thе construction of the Illinois implied consent law (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 951/2, par. 11 — 501.1 (now 625 ILCS 5/11 — 501.1 (West 1992))) presents a case оf first impression in the Appellate Court, Second District. The People of the State of Illinois apрeal the decision of the circuit court of Kane County rescinding the statutory summary suspension of defendant, Kelly D. Gamblin’s driver’s license pursuant to the implied consent law. The trial court reasoned that beсause the issuance of a citation for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) did not precede defendant’s refusal to submit to a breath test, summary suspension was not implicated. We reverse.
Defendant was arrested for leaving the scene of an accident, DUI, driving while license suspended, impropеr lane usage, and operating an uninsured motor vehicle, when police found her at a service station seated in a damaged automobile. Defendant admitted that she had been driving and that she had been drinking. Her vehicle bore remnants of damaged barricades on Interstate 88, where an officer hаd seen defendant’s vehicle stopped in a traffic lane earlier that evening. The police administered field sobriety tests, and defendant refused to submit to a breathalyzer test. An officer then gave defendant her Miranda warnings while his partner wrote tickets for defendant’s violations. Defendant’s license wаs then summarily suspended.
Defendant moved to quash the arrest and to rescind the summary suspension. The court granted rescission of the suspension, basing its decision on People v. Mannon (1991),
According to the first rule of statutory construсtion, a court has a duty to ascertain and give effect to the intent of the legislature. (People v. Krueger (1991),
A court should not insert words into a legislative enactment when the statute otherwise presents a cogent and justifiable legislative scheme. (Auto Owners Insurance v. Berkshire (1992),
The issuance of a citation in this context is one manner of evidencing an arrest for DUI. The administration of field sobriety tests and the transportation to a police station are other manners of proof. People v. Selby (1993),
The significant issue under section 11 — 501.1(a) is not whether or when a сitation was issued, but whether and when a defendant was arrested for DUI. (Selby,
In People v. Bahnfleth, the Appellate Court, Third District, recognized that Mannon рurported to require the issuance and the service of a written citation as a prerequisite for a valid DUI arrest. That court, however, found this language in Mannon to be obiter dictum and declined to follow it. (Bahnfleth,
In the present case, defendant performed field sоbriety tests and was told she was under arrest. She received tickets for several offenses, including DUI, and was trаnsported to the police station. Under these circumstances a reasonable person would feel restrained from leaving. Thus, defendant was properly under arrest for DUI, and her refusal to submit to a breathalyzer test warranted the summary suspension of her license. We therefore vacate the order of the trial court rescinding the summary suspension of defendant’s license.
For the foregoing reasons, the judgment of the circuit court of Kane County is vacated.
Vacated.
GEIGER and DOYLE, JJ., concur.
