Reis v. Commissioner of Public Safety

SUMMARY OPINION

NIERENGARTEN, Judge.

FACTS

Following a one-car accident, a deputy from the Stearns County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the St. Cloud Hospital to talk to respondent Brian Reis, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident. Reis admitted he had been drinking earlier in the evening and that he hadn’t been watching the road, with which he was familiar.

The deputy testified that Reis was alert, coherent and cooperative, even though he detected a moderate odor of alcohol and somewhat bloodshot eyes. Reis’s slurred speech was discounted by the deputy because Reis had a…