DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. GATES

Nos. 14326, 14334.

350 N.W.2d 59 (1984)

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, State of South Dakota, Plaintiff, Respondent and Appellant. v. John Thomas GATES, Defendant, Petitioner and Appellee.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided June 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey T. Hallem, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff, respondent and appellant; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on brief.

Jeffrey T. Sveen, Aberdeen, for defendant, petitioner and appellee.


FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

The circuit court reversed the South Dakota Department of Public Safety's (Department) revocation of John Thomas Gates' (Gates) driver's license. The Department appeals and Gates filed a notice of review. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

At approximately 10:45 p.m., on October 24, 1981, a state highway patrolman observed a vehicle driven by Gates drifting back and forth within the lanes of traffic on Sixth Avenue in Aberdeen....

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