State v. Dufault

[¶ 14.] I agree in part but I would modify the 15 year driver’s license revocation to add: “... or until the further order of the circuit court upon adequate proof of alcohol rehabilitation.”

[¶ 15.] I believe this modification provides some positive incentive to try to rehabilitate an otherwise hopeless case. In addition, it makes clear that the circuit court has the power to reinstate the driver’s license even after the expiration of one year. SDCL 32-23-3. See also State v. Groethe, 439 N.W.2d 554, 557 (S.D.1989). In Groethe, we modified a revocation “for the rest of his life” to include…