Commonwealth v. Lakatas

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Allen M. Stearns,

Mike Lakatas, defendant, appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County, affirming an order of the Secretary of Revenue suspending defendant’s license to operate motor vehicles for a period of six months.

The suspension was under Section 615 of The Vehicle Code, Act of May 1, 1929, P. L. 905, as amended, 75 PS 192 (b) 4. This section has been construed in Commonwealth v. Cole, 350 Pa. 369, 39 A. 2d 361, and in Commonwealth v. Bushey, 368 Pa. 67, 82 A. 2d 39. We held in those cases that even though the licensed operator of a motor…