State, Department of Motor Vehicles v. Gober

OPINION

McMANUS, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the New Mexico Implied Consent Act, § 64-22-2,4 et seq., N.M.S.A. 1953. Gober, Grisolano, Lee, Stivers and Warren (“appellees”) refused to submit to chemical tests to determine the alcoholic content of their blood. Pursuant to the above statutory provisions, and because of their refusals to submit to tests, each appellee’s license was revoked. Each appellee then obtained a hearing before an agent of appellant Commissioner of Motor Vehicles (“Commissioner”) at which testimony was received in support of and in opposition to the revocation. From…