State v. Hanson

OPINION

KEITH, Chief Justice.

This consolidated appeal raises the issue of whether Minnesota’s statutory scheme of civil driver’s license revocation followed by criminal prosecution for driving under the influence of alcohol or controlled substances is unconstitutional under the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the United States and Minnesota Constitutions. In these two cases, appellants had their driver’s licenses revoked for 90 days under Minnesota’s implied consent statute, Minn.Stat. § 169.123 (1994) (“implied consent statute”), and subsequently faced criminal charges for violating Minnesota’s…