Hinman v. Department of Highway Safety

SHARP, W., J.

Hinman seeks certiorari review of a circuit court’s denial of his petition for writ of certiorari to quash the suspension of his driving privileges by the Department of Highway Safety , and Motor Vehicles (“Department”). He argues that the circuit court departed from, basic-.constitutional principles of law because its ruling put him in the position of having to choose between testifying at his license suspension hearing and his right to remain silent in a subsequent criminal proceeding. We deny the writ.

In this case, Hinman was arrested for driving under the influence.1 He…