Legal Opinion
Sponar v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided September 23, 2004No. 3847PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFF, J.:
Following his arrest for driving under the influence, Timothy R. Sponar refused to take a Datamaster test. Pursuant to this refusal, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) revoked Sponar’s driver’s license. Sponar requested an implied consent hearing, after which a DPS Administrative Hearing Officer upheld the suspension. Sponar then appealed this decision to the circuit court, which reversed the suspension. DPS now appeals arguing the circuit court erred by (1) improperly applying the standard of review to reverse the hearing officer’s decision and (2) considering Sponar’s state of…
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