Department of Motor Vehicles v. Andersen

— The sole issue involved in this appeal is whether a jury trial is allowable in a superior court review of a Department of Motor Vehicle’s administrative revocation of a driver’s license pursuant to provisions of the “implied-consent, intoxication-tests” statute (RCW 46.20.308).

On March 10, 1972, respondent, Gary H. Andersen, was arrested by an officer of the Medina Police Department and charged, inter alia, with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. What precisely transpired thereafter has never been judicially litigated and remains in dispute. Respondent, however,…