MN DUI/ DWI Court Rulings – August 2009

DWI/DUI  Source Code Disclosure

The Court reverses  a District Court order  sustaining a license revocation and remands the proceeding to allow the driver to proceed with discovery of the source code and assert any appropriate challenges.  Duncan  v.  Commissioner, A08-2237  (Ct. App. Unpubl.  08/04/09)

DWI/DUI – Alcohol Restriction Violation

The Court affirms the cancellation of the petitioner’s driving privileges for the use of alcohol in violation of a restriction where an officer detected the odor of  alcohol  on petitioner’s breath, observed that his eyes were bloodshot and watery and testified that the petitioner tried to manipulate the PBT test.   Igo  v.  Commissioner, A08-2257  (Ct. App. Unpubl. 08/04/09)

DWI/DUI – P.B.T.  – Basis to Give

The defendant admitted he had failed to notice that the motorcycle directly in front of him had stopped and had a turn signal on.  There was one indicator of intoxication on one of the field sobriety tests, sufficient basis to offer a PBT even though the defendant satisfactorily performed a second field sobriety test.  State  v.  Krinke, A08-1670 (Ct. App. Unpubl.  08/11/09)

DWI/DUI  – Basis for PBT

An officer stopped a vehicle for speeding then observed the driver’s eyes were bloodshot, his breath smelled of alcohol, and the driver admitted to having 4 alcoholic beverages.  The officer had a reasonable basis to expand the scope of the traffic stop to administer a PBT test and conduct a DWI investigation.  Prigge  v.  Commissioner, A08-1891  (Ct. App. 08/25/09)

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