State v. Loeffel

OPINION

KLAPHAKE, Judge.

After appellant Robert Loeffel was charged with second-degree driving while impaired (DWI) under Minn.Stat. § 169A.25 (2006), he challenged the district court’s ruling allowing the enhanced charge based on a prior 2002 civil license revocation in Wisconsin. He claims that enhancement was improper because Wisconsin, unlike Minnesota, does not afford a person suspected of driving under the influence with any right to consult with counsel before submitting to chemical testing. Because State v. Schmidt, 712 N.W.2d 530, 539 (Minn.2006), allows a pri- or foreign conviction…