McLeod v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Appellant Department of Motor Vehicles revoked respondent Robert McLeod’s “privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state” after a “formal hearing” as provided by Washington’s implied consent statute, RCW 46.20.308 et seq. McLeod appealed to the Superior. Court pursuant to RCW 46.20.308(5) and RCW 46.20.334. The trial judge found that:

[The law enforcement officer] signed his report [of his belief that McLeod had been driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor and of McLeod’s refusal to submit to a chemical test of his breath] to the Department of Motor Vehicles in the…