Snyder v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles

OPINION

FABE, Chief Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Dennis Snyder was convicted of driving while intoxicated and refusal to take a breath alcohol test, but in a previous decision we determined that Snyder's due process rights were violated by the police's failure to allow Snyder to obtain an independent blood alcohol test. We reversed and remanded both criminal convictions, instructing the lower court to presume that the results of such a blood test would have been favorable to Snyder. In a separate proceeding arising from the same incident, the Department of Public Safety revoked Snyder's driver's…