North Dakota Supreme Court, 2016

State v. Timm

State v. Timm
North Dakota Supreme Court · Decided May 26, 2016
2016 ND 92

State v. Timm

Opinion

Filed 5/26/16 by Clerk of Supreme Court

IN THE SUPREME COURT

STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

2016 ND 92

State of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee

v.

Geoffrey Timm, Defendant and Appellant

No. 20150332

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

AFFIRMED.

Per Curiam.

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

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

State v. Timm

No. 20150332

Per Curiam.

[¶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.”).

[¶2] Gerald W. VandeWalle, C.J.

Dale V. Sandstrom

Daniel J. Crothers

Lisa Fair McEvers

Carol Ronning Kapsner

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