Legal Opinion
Venafro v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 25, 2002PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Judge.
John A. Venafro (Licensee) appeals from the August 17, 2001 order of the Court of Commons Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) that denied his statutory appeal from the Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) one-year suspension of his operating privilege imposed pursuant to Section 1532 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1532(b)(3) and Article IV(a)(2) of the Driver’s License Compact (Compact), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1581. On appeal, Licensee contends that the license suspension by PennDOT violated the double jeopardy clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. We…
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