Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 7, 1992No. S-3991PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the superior court’s affirmance of the Department of Public Safety’s revocation of James Pruitt’s driver’s license. The primary issue in this appeal is whether the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), Department of Public Safety (DPS) was bound by the District Court’s ruling that Pruitt’s due process rights were violated in regard to the criminal refusal to take a breathalyzer test charge which had been filed against Pruitt.
I. PACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
On April 15, 1988, James T. Pruitt was stopped and arrested for driving while intoxicated…
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