Cofer v. Hawthorne

Smith, Judge.

The Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Safety (Department) brings this discretionary appeal from the decision of the trial court overturning the Department’s revocation of Hawthorne’s driver’s license. We reverse.

The Department notified Hawthorne on July 31,1976 that he had been classified as an “habitual violator” under Code § 68B-308 and that his driver’s license was being revoked for a period of five years. This classification was based upon the finding that Hawthorne had been convicted five times of driving under the influence of alcohol in the three years prior…