Oyler v. Director of Revenue, WD 57056.
Decision Date | 01 February 2000 |
Docket Number | No. WD 57056.,WD 57056. |
Citation | 10 S.W.3d 226 |
Parties | Richard Alan OYLER, Respondent, v. DIRECTOR OF REVENUE, Appellant. |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Evan J. Buchheim, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for Appellant.
James C. Thompson, Richmond, for Respondent.
Before LAURA DENVIR STITH, P.J.; VICTOR C. HOWARD and THOMAS H. NEWTON, JJ.
The Director of Revenue appeals the judgment reinstating Richard Alan Oyler's driving privileges after his license was revoked for refusing a chemical test as required by § 577.041, RSMo Supp.1998. In the sole point on appeal, the Director contends that the trial court erred in determining that no prima facie case for revocation had been made. Because the record is inadequate to enable appellate review, the judgment is reversed and the case is remanded for a new hearing on the record.
The Director of Revenue revoked Richard Alan Oyler's driving privileges after he was stopped on December 12, 1998 for allegedly driving while intoxicated and refusing chemical testing. Seeking to set aside the revocation, Mr. Oyler petitioned for review asserting that his refusal was unknowing and involuntary. At the hearing, the Director relied solely on the Alcohol Influence Report.1 Finding for Mr. Oyler, the trial court entered a judgment setting aside the revocation and ordering the Director to return the driver's license. The trial judge's handwritten docket entry provides the only record on the evidentiary procedure disposing of the case:
On appeal the Director argues that the contents of the Alcohol Influence Report proved a prima facie case on each requisite element of revocation for chemical test refusal under § 577.041.4. Mr. Oyler asserts that nothing in the record shows proper admission of the Alcohol Influence Report into evidence by stipulation, by foundation, or as a business record.
The docket entry provides an inadequate record for appellate review. We have not been given a transcript of the hearing because, according to the clerk of the court, none is available. We know from the judge's handwritten docket entry, that at the hearing before the judge, the Director called no witnesses and relied solely on the Alcohol Influence Report. It is not clear from the record if Mr. Oyler presented any evidence. The Director implies that the report was admitted into evidence without objection, but no transcript exists to confirm...
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