State v. Young

AMUNDSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] The State filed a petition for intermediate appeal, granted by this Court, from a judgment holding that the double penalty provision provided by SDCL 32-22-56 does not apply to overweight axle violations. We affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEDURE

[¶ 2.] On March 2, 2000, Kenneth Young picked up a load of hay near Wor-land, Wyoming and was headed home to Wisconsin. He was driving his own semi-tractor pulling a new 1999 flatbed trailer. At Worland, his total truck weight was 73,560 pounds with each axle weighing less than 20,000 pounds, weighed on a certified elevator scale.…