STATE, DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY v. PETERSEN

No. C6-83-664.

351 N.W.2d 633 (1984)

STATE of Minnesota, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Marc Davis PETERSEN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 13, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert H. Humphrey, III, Atty. Gen., Linda F. Close, James B. Early, Sp. Asst. Attys. Gen., St. Paul, for appellant.

Mark G. Stephenson, Rochester, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


WAHL, Justice.

The Olmsted County Court rescinded the order of the Commissioner of Public Safety revoking Marc Davis Petersen's driver's license. The court held that evidence of blood alcohol concentration was inadmissible because no standards had been promulgated regarding the training of persons who draw blood to test for alcohol concentration. We reverse.

Petersen was validly stopped and arrested and consented to a blood test to determine alcohol concentration...

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