Court Opinion

ID: 9526907
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 03:25:49.483978+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:25:17.404955
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE STOUDER, specially concurring: I agree with the result reached by the majority in this case but I do not agree with all of the findings or conclusions of the majority. In particular I agree with the majority the defendant was under arrest before the blood-alcohol test was administered. Having so decided, the issue discussed at length in the majority opinion concerning the consequences of administering a test if the defendant was under arrest is obiter dictum, unnecessary to the opinion. In the interest of judicial restraint I see no special reason for considering an issue unnecessary to the resolution of the case in the circumstances presented by this appeal. I do not join with the majority in the reasoning or resolution of this issue.