Armstrong v. STATE, DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Bradley H. Armstrong appeals from an order of the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, Flathead County, denying Armstrong’s request that his right to drive be reinstated. We reverse the District Court.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the District Court erred in its upholding of the implied consent suspension of Armstrong’s driver’s license in light of the State’s concession that the arresting officer lacked legal basis to stop Armstrong’s vehicle.

In the early hours of February 21, 1990, Columbia Falls Police Officer Dale Stone made a stop of Bradley H. Armstrong’s…