State v. Jordheim

MESCHKE, Justice.

Bi'ian Jordheim appeals from a conviction for driving with an excessive blood-alcohol content. We affirm.

After midnight on October 6, 1992, Police Officer Ross Renner arrived at the scene of a two-car collision close to Wahpeton. The investigating officers found Jordheim in the driver’s seat of one of the cars. He was injured but conscious, and the officers loaded him into an ambulance. Officer Renner accompanied Jordheim to St. Francis Medical Center in Breckenridge, Minnesota.

Renner testified that, enroute to the hospital, he noticed a strong odor of alcohol from Jordheim.…