MATTER OF HANSEN

No. 13068.

298 N.W.2d 816 (1980)

In the Matter of the Revocation of the Driver's License of Lonnie Wayne HANSEN.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided November 26, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lonnie Wayne Hansen, pro se.

Judith A. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for appellee, Department of Public Safety, State of South Dakota; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.


PER CURIAM.

The Department of Public Safety, (appellee), revoked appellant's driver's license because of his refusal to submit to a blood test. The circuit court affirmed the one-year license revocation. We affirm.

Appellant argues that an agency of state government may proceed against an individual only in a criminal proceeding. Since a license revocation proceeding is civil, appellant argues that appellee had no jurisdiction to revoke his driver's license...

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