Court Opinion

ID: 9690178
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:55:56.812613+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:53.960875
License: Public Domain

ERICKSTAD, Chief Justice,
respectfully dissents.
I cannot conceive of how the slight deviation in the testing procedure in this case from the approved method of the state *563toxicologist could have had an effect on the test results to the prejudice of Mr. Price. As the record is silent as to effect of the deviation, I think the public’s interest in safe highways necessitates and justifies a remand for the receipt of evidence on this issue before the Department of Transportation rather than a remand for the restoration of Mr. Price’s license. The risk to the public in not following such a procedure is too great to ignore and the minimal additional inconvenience to Mr. Price too slight to do otherwise.
MESCHKE, J., concurs.