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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE
Assigned on Briefs September 25, 2002 STATE OF TENNESSEE v. MICHAEL DOUGLAS WILLIS
Appeal from the Criminal Court for Campbell County No. CR 10857 E. Shayne Sexton, Judge

No. E2002-00769-CCA-R3-CD November 19, 2002 The Defendant, Michael Douglas Willis, was charged with DUI, violating the open container law, and violating the implied consent law. A jury convicted the Defendant of violating the implied consent law but acquitted him of the other charges. The trial court subsequently overturned the jury's guilty verdict but nevertheless revoked the Defendant's license for one year for violating the implied consent law. The Defendant now appeals the trial court's revocation of his license. We affirm the judgment of the trial court. Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Trial Court Affirmed DAVID H. WELLES, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JOSEPH M. TIPTON and ALAN E. GLENN, JJ., joined. Charles Herman, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksboro, Tennessee, for the appellant, Michael Douglas Willis. Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; P. Robin Dixon, Jr., Assistant Attorney General; William Paul Phillips, District Attorney General; and Michael O. Ripley, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee. OPINION Before we address the merits of the Defendant's case, a careful parsing of Tennessee's implied consent law, Tennessee Code Annotated section 55-10-406, will be helpful. First, "[a]ny person who drives any motor vehicle in the state is deemed to have given consent to a test for the purpose of determining the alcoholic or drug content of that person's blood; provided, that such test is administered at the direction of a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe such person was driving while under the influence of an intoxicant or drug . . . ." Tenn. Code Ann.

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