Prideaux v. State Dept. of Public Safety

Kelly, Justice.

Appellant, Daniel W. Prideaux, appeals from the judgment of the district court sustaining the commissioner of public safety’s revocation of his driver’s license.1 We reverse.

*406At approximately 2:45 a. m. on the morning of January 24, 1974, appellant was stopped by a Hennepin County deputy sheriff who had observed appellant’s car being driven in an erratic manner. Based on his observations before and after the stop, the officer arrested appellant for driving under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and placed him in the back of the squad car. Although the officer testified…