State, Department of Public Safety v. Prine

The majority is correct in affirming the lower court’s denial of Prine’s requested reduction of the period of time of his suspended driver’s license for hardship purposes. Prine had been convicted of multiple offenses (four DUI’s) under the Implied Consent Statutes and thus was not eligible for hardship consideration. Hardship reductions are only available for a first time DUI offender. It is with the majority’s affirmance of the lower court’s denial of administrative “stacking” of the drivers license suspension periods for implied consent convictions that I must part company.

Prine’s driver’s…