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2016 ND 92

State v. Timm

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 2016

North Dakota Supreme Court · decided 2016-05-26

Relies on State v. Gackle

Decided 2016-05-26

¶1Filed 5/26/16 by Clerk of Supreme Court

¶2IN THE SUPREME COURT

¶3STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

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¶72016 ND 92

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¶11State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee

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¶13v.

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¶15Geoffrey Timm, Defendant and Appellant

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¶19No. 20150332

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¶23Appeal from the District Court of Burleigh County, South Central Judicial District, the Honorable David E. Reich, Judge.

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¶25AFFIRMED.

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¶27Per Curiam.

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¶29Britta K. Demello Rice, Assistant State’s Attorney, 514 E. Thayer Ave., Bismarck, ND 58501, for plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief.

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¶31Danny L. Herbel, 3333 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 1205, Bismarck, ND 58501, for defendant and appellant; submitted on brief.

¶32State v. Timm

¶33No. 20150332

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¶35Per Curiam.

¶36[¶1] Geoffrey Timm appealed a criminal judgment after he conditionally pled guilty to driving under the influence, reserving the right to appeal a district court order denying his motion to suppress evidence of a blood draw.  Timm argues the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress because the arresting officer did not have a warrant for a blood draw and the officer’s reading of the implied consent advisory rendered Timm’s consent involuntary, resulting in an unconstitutional search under the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution and N.D. Const. art. I, § 8.  We summarily affirm under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a)(7).  State v. Gackle, 2015 ND 271, ¶ 5, 871 N.W.2d 589 (stating “[t]his Court has previously determined, in the context of post-arrest chemical tests, that the state’s implied consent statute, which criminalizes refusal, is not coercive merely by the reading of the advisory.”).

¶37[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

¶38Dale V. Sandstrom

¶39Daniel J. Crothers

¶40Lisa Fair McEvers

¶41Carol Ronning Kapsner

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