State, Department of Highways v. Cohoon

Kelly, Justice.

Defendants appeal from orders of the district court sustaining orders of license revocation issued by the commissioner of highways.

Two defendants, both of whom had refused to submit to a chemical test under Minn. St. 169.123, petitioned for a trial de novo by jury in district court after municipal court judges in separate hearings had sustained the orders of revocation of the commissioner. The two cases were heard separately by the same district court judge and have been consolidated on this appeal. The district court judge ruled in both cases that certain rules characteristic…