Motor Vehicle Administration v. Lipella

This case arises from an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) suspension on November 17, 2009 of Respondent’s, Ronald Lipella, driver’s license for ninety days, pursuant to Maryland Code (1977, 2009 Repl.Vol.), Transportation Article, § 16-205.1(b)(l)(i)(2)(A) (“Implied Consent Statute”).1 The operative facts underlying the ALJ’s decision began on August 29, 2009 when Washington County Sheriffs Deputy Jared Lee Barnhart pulled Lipella over for swerving outside the proper travel lane on a highway in Washington County. Discovering after he approached Lipella that the driver smelled of alcohol and…