Pletcher v. State Ex Rel. Department of Public Safety

BOUDREAU, Justice.

¶ 1 The issue is whether the parking lot of the Dillards Group Building in Norman, Oklahoma, is a public parking lot for purposes of Oklahoma’s implied consent statute, 47 O.S.2001, § 751 et seq. We hold that it is.

¶ 2 The material facts in this case are not disputed. At around 2:53 a.m. on February 8, 2003, a Norman police officer on routine patrol noticed a car with its engine running and lights on, parked in the parking lot of the Dillards Group Building. Upon investigation he found plaintiff sitting in her car and arrested her for being in actual physical control of a…