Should have been a no-brainer - Wyoming Supreme Court upholds BIA officer detaining DWI driver for subsequent arrest

OK, this should not have been so difficult to figure out that it had to go to a state supreme court....but it did.

"CHEYENNE -- A Wind River Indian Reservation officer's detention of a suspected drunk driver did not make the subsequent arrest by a deputy sheriff unlawful, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.

The Wyoming Department of Transportation suspended the driver's license of David R. Colyer of Lander because he refused a blood chemical test after a traffic stop in Fremont County.

Colyer claimed his arrest was unlawful because he is a non-Indian who was stopped by a Bureau of Indian Affairs agent.

A Fremont County deputy sheriff subsequently arrested Colyer for driving under the influence of alcohol."

See the full story HERE on the Casper Star Tribune website.

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