Stensland v. Smith

Trig Stensland was arrested May 5, 1961 in the City of Sioux Falls- for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. His driver’s license was thereafter revoked for a period of one year by the South Dakota Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for refusing to take a chemical test. to. determine the amount of alcohol in his blood in accordance- with our so-called Implied Consent Law, SDC 1960 Supp. 44.0302-2. Stensland petitioned the -Circuit Court of Minnehaha County for a trial de novo to determine whether his license to drive was subject to revocation by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The…