YOKOYAMA v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. C3-84-860.

356 N.W.2d 830 (1984)

Nobuya YOKOYAMA, Petitioner, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

October 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris C. McKinnis, Kurzman, Manahan & Partridge, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Deborah L. Huskins, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by POPOVICH, C.J., and SEDGWICK and LESLIE, JJ.


OPINION

LESLIE, Judge.

Appellant appeals from an implied consent hearing sustaining the revocation of his driver's license. Appellant claims he was denied a statutory right to refuse to take a chemical test for the sole reason that he does not understand English. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant speaks Japanese and does not understand English. On December 11, 1983, appellant was arrested for DWI. The arresting officer attempted to locate an interpreter...

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