Legal Opinion

State v. Kurt Kummerfeldt

Montana Supreme Court

Decided October 6, 2008No. DA 07-0653Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter

¶1 Kurt Kummerfeldt (Kummerfeldt) was convicted of operating a motor vehicle with an alcohol concentration in excess of. 08 in violation of § 61-8-406, MCA, the “DUI per se” statute (the per se statute). He challenges his conviction on the ground that four hours elapsed between the time he operated his vehicle and the time his blood was drawn for purposes of determining his blood alcohol concentration (BAC). He asserts that this was an unreasonable amount of time. We affirm.

ISSUE

¶2 The dispositive issue on appeal is:

¶3 Did the District Court improperly deny Kummerfeldt’s motion for a judgment…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. State v. McWilliamsMontana Supreme Court · 2008
  2. State v. McGowanMontana Supreme Court · 2006
  3. State v. HamiltonMontana Supreme Court · 2002
  4. State v. VincentMontana Supreme Court · 2007

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