Thole v. Commissioner of Public Safety

OPINION

STAUBER, Judge.

Appellant challenges the revocation of his driver’s license, arguing that the absence of court-appointed legal counsel in his implied-consent matter violated his due-process rights. Appellant also contends that because the notice and order of revocation failed to offer court-appointed legal counsel, the statutory deadline in which to file a petition for judicial review never commenced, making appellant’s late petition timely. Because indigent parties in implied-consent proceedings have no right to court-appointed legal counsel, the notice and order of revocation was…