Hoard v. Heath

This is an appeal from an order of the Department of Motor Vehicles of the District of Columbia suspending petitioner’s operator’s permit for a period between his

arrest and criminal trial. The trial later resulted in a finding of not guilty, whereupon the Department restored petitioner’s permit and operating privileges.1 Consequently, the only issue here is whether the suspension order previously entered may stand.

The police officer testified at the hearing before the examiner that petitioner stopped his vehicle in the left (fast) lane going eastbound on Suitland Parkway adjacent to an…