State v. Groethe

MORGAN, Justice.

Robert Groethe (Groethe) was tried and convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol (DWI), in violation of SDCL 32-23-1(2) and SDCL 32-23-4, and with resisting arrest, in violation of SDCL 22-11-4(2). Groethe was sentenced to two years in the South Dakota Penitentiary on the DWI conviction, thirty days in the Pennington County Jail on the resisting arrest conviction, and his driver’s license was revoked for the remainder of his life. Groethe appeals from the DWI conviction and that part of the sentence that revokes his driver’s license for life. We affirm.

On August 1,…