Patterson v. State, Dept. of Justice

¶1 Appellant State of Montana, Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, appeals from an order issued by the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County, which granted Respondent Stephen Patterson’s petition to reinstate his driver’s license. We affirm.

¶2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred when it reinstated Patterson’s driver’s license based on the State’s failure to comply with an order compelling production of a 9-1-1 report.

BACKGROUND

¶3 On December 14,2000, the Missoula County 9-1-1 dispatch center received an anonymous report of an unconscious male…