Suspension of the Driver's License of Blake v. State

The State appeals an order of the Beaverhead County District Court granting Blake’s petition for a provisional or restricted driver’s license based upon hardship factors. The issue on appeal is whether a provisional or restricted license may be granted upon hardship factors. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

This is the second appeal of this action, the Court having previously taken up the case in Matter of Suspension of Driver’s License of Blake (Mont. 1986), [220 Mont. 27,] 712 P.2d 1338, 43 St.Rep. 143 (hereafter Blake I).

On October 10, 1984, Blake attended a club meeting in Dillon,…