State v. Ibsen

*551OPINION OF THE COURT BY

TANAKA, J.

After a bench trial the district court convicted defendant David W. Ibsen (Defendant) for the offense of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI). Claiming that the person who took the blood specimen from him was unqualified, Defendant contends that the court erred in failing to suppress the blood test result.1 We agree and vacate the judgment of conviction.

On March 9, 1986, Defendant was involved in a two-car accident. The police officer investigating the accident arrested him for a DUI offense. Since he elected to take a blood test rather…