Commonwealth v. Shaffer

Opinion by

Judge Kramer,

This is an appeal taken by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Commonwealth) from an order, dated January 8, 1973, of the Court of Common Pleas of Columbia County wherein the court sustained the appeal of Howard E. Shaffer (Shaffer) from a suspension of his motor vehicle operator’s license.

To facilitate an understanding of this Opinion, we set forth a short chronology of pertinent events:

1. On May 5, 1971, Shaffer was convicted of violating Section 1002(b) (4) of The Vehicle Code (Code), Act of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, as amended, 75 P.S. §1002(b) (4), by exceeding the…