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State v. Svendrowski

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division
Sep 10, 1985
692 S.W.2d 348 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985)

Opinion

No. 48669.

May 7, 1985. Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied June 5, 1985. Application to Transfer Denied September 10, 1985.

APPEAL FROM THE ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT, STANLEY J. MURPHY, J.

Gary E. Stevenson, Pros. Atty., Farmington, Marion F. Svendrowski, pro se, for appellant.

David R. Orzel, Asst. Pros. Atty., Farmington, for respondent.


Defendant appeals from a jury conviction of the misdemeanor grade offense of operating a motor vehicle without a license in violation of § 302.020, RSMo 1978. He was fined $100.00. We affirm.

Defendant asserts the state had no right to require his social security number as a condition precedent to the issuance of his driver's license. A driver's license is a privilege or qualified right. Blydenburg v. David, 413 S.W.2d 284, 289 (Mo. banc 1967). It was reasonable to require defendant furnish his social security number for identification purposes as a condition precedent to the issuance of his driver's license. There was no constitutional infirmity. Conant v. Hill, 326 F. Supp. 25 (E.D. Va. 1971).

No jurisprudential purpose would be served by an extended opinion. The judgment of the trial court is affirmed pursuant to Rule 30.25(b).

DOWD, P.J., and CRANDALL, J., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Svendrowski

Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division
Sep 10, 1985
692 S.W.2d 348 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985)
Case details for

State v. Svendrowski

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF MISSOURI, RESPONDENT, v. MARION F. SVENDROWSKI, APPELLANT

Court:Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Southern Division

Date published: Sep 10, 1985

Citations

692 S.W.2d 348 (Mo. Ct. App. 1985)

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