State v. Skurdal
Montana Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Turnage
Rodney 0. Skurdal was convicted in the Thirteenth Judicial District, Big Horn County, of operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license and exceeding a posted nighttime speed limit.
Skurdal refuses to procure and carry a driver’s license on various constitutional grounds. He raises twenty-eight issues on appeal. We have reduced those to one basic question: Were any of Skurdal’s constitutional rights violated?
We hold that none of Skurdal’s constitutional rights were violated and that it is a proper exercise of the State’s police power to require a valid driver’s license before one…
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