Furne v. Director of Revenue

JOSEPH M. ELLIS, Judge.

The Director of Revenue for the State of Missouri appeals from a judgment entered in the Circuit Court of Clay County setting aside the Director’s revocation of Rodney Furne’s driving privileges for refusing to submit to a chemical test of his blood alcohol level. The court found that the Director failed to sufficiently establish that the arresting officer had reasonable grounds to believe that Furne was driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated. For the following reasons, we affirm the trial court’s judgment.

At 9:16 p.m. on June 16, 2005, Trooper Ronald Meade of the…