Court Opinion

ID: 9573077
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:47:38.376283+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:36:50.685633
License: Public Domain

JOHNSON, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. In my view, it is erroneous for the Court to conclude that the double jeopardy provision of article 1, section 13 of the Idaho Constitution does not afford Reichenberg any greater protection that does the Fifth Amendment as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. We should not accept the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of what is punishment. The license suspension clearly contains a punitive element. The fact that it may also have a remedial objective does not mean it is not punishment. Having punished Reichenberg once for his offense, the Idaho Constitution prohibits the state from doing so again.