Geesaman v. Commonwealth

COLINS, Judge.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) that sustained the statutory appeal of Kenneth L. Geesaman (Licensee) from a one-year suspension of his driving privilege. We reverse.

On July 13, 1999, the Department notified Licensee that pursuant to the Drivers License Compact of 1961 (Compact)1 his Pennsylvania driving privilege would be suspended for a period of one year based on his June 2, 1999 North Carolina conviction, which according to the notice, is equivalent to…