Commonwealth v. Wilson

The issue before us is not whether the defendant knew his license could be suspended for a motor vehicle violation. Clearly, he did. The issue is whether the Commonwealth has proved beyond a reasonable doubt that the *171defendant had been notified, as of January 30, 2012, that his license had been suspended for forty-five days on January 11, 2012. See G. L. c. 90, § 23. The trial judge, relying on the now overruled Appeals Court decision in Commonwealth v. Oyewole, 84 Mass. App. Ct. 669 (2014), and without the benefit of the subsequent rescript opinion in Commonwealth v. Oyewole, 470 Mass. 1015…