Williams v. Commonwealth

OPINION BY

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), sustaining the appeal of Robert M. Williams, Jr. (Licensee) and rescinding the three-month suspension of Licensee’s operating privilege imposed by DOT pursuant to Section 1786(d) of the Vehicle Code (Code), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1786(d).1 For the reasons that follow, we vacate and remand.

The underlying facts of this case are not in dispute. On January 17, 2001, Licensee was involved in a…