State v. Scharfencamp

OPINION

PARKER, Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for misdemeanor DWI, Minn.Stat. § 169.121, subd. 1(d) (1986). We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

Appellant Richard Scharfencamp was stopped in Redwood Falls on December 24, 1986, after a police officer saw his pickup truck cross over the center line three times. Officer Bruce Anderson testified that he detected the odor of alcohol on Scharfen-camp’s breath and that Scharfencamp’s eyes were bloodshot. He administered three field sobriety tests, two of which Scharfencamp failed.

Anderson brought Scharfencamp to the police…