Blaisdell v. Commissioner of Public Safety

OPINION

AMDAHL, Chief Justice.

This is an implied consent proceeding. The Court of Appeals, 375 N.W.2d 880, affirmed the decision of the trial court rescinding the revocation of the driver’s license of Randy Jay Blaisdell. The Court of Appeals held that the stop of Blaisdell’s car, which led to the discovery that Blais-dell was intoxicated, violated Blaisdell’s fourth amendment rights because it was a stop to investigate a completed misdemean- or. Specifically, the court held that all stops to investigate completed, misdemeanors are impermissible under the fourth amendment. We granted the…