Petersen v. Department of Public Safety

FOSHEIM, Chief Justice.

The Department of Public Safety appeals from a circuit court order vacating the Department’s order to revoke Raymond A. Petersen’s driver’s license for one year because of his refusal to take a blood test. Ne reverse.

At 9:00 p.m. on December 18,1982, Highway Patrolman Farnsworth investigated a *39taxi parked off of old Highway 16 on a gravel approach leading to a farmstead. The car’s engine was not running, its lights were off, and the automatic transmission was placed in park. The keys were in the ignition.

One man, Raymond A. Petersen, was asleep in the front seat. The…