State v. Bernhard

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Stanley Allen Bernhard, appeals from his conviction of OWI. He contends that a chemical test of his blood-alcohol level should have been suppressed because his consent to the withdrawal of his blood was obtained by an unwarranted threat of license revocation. The court of appeals rejected that contention and affirmed defendant’s conviction. We agree with that disposition. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals and the judgment of the district court.

On February 2, 2001, defendant’s four-wheel-drive pickup truck slid off the roadway south of Postville. The…