Commonwealth v. Padilla

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

The Department of Transportation (Department) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia which dismissed a six-month suspension of the operating privileges of Felix Padilla (Appellee).

On March 20, 1981 Appellee was convicted under Section 1543(a) of the Vehicle Code (Code)1 for driv*612ing with a suspended license. Pursuant to that Section, Appellee received a six-month suspension on September 29,1981. On March 29, 1982, Appellee was notified that an additional fifteen days would be added to his suspension under Section 1544(a) of the Code2 because…