State v. Bolstad

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals filed September 25, 1984, which affirmed a judgment convicting James Bolstad of a criminal charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant (OMVWI). The case was tried in the circuit court for La Crosse county, Peter G. Pappas, circuit judge. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals affirming the circuit court and remand to the circuit court for a new trial.

The record shows that Bolstad, upon being arrested upon probable cause that he was intoxicated while driving…