Motor Vehicle Administration v. Aiken

We are called upon in this case to construe, once again, the provisions of Maryland Code (2009 RepLVol.), § 16-205.1 of the Transportation Article (“TR”), Maryland’s so-called “implied consent, administrative per se law” (hereinafter, the “Statute”). 1 The Statute provides for automatic suspension of a driver’s license to drive if, inter alia, a test of the driver’s blood alcohol concentration produces a “result indicating an alcohol concentration of 0.08 or more at the time of testing[.]” TR § 16-205.1(b)(l)(i)(l.). The Statute entitles a driver to challenge the order of suspension at a…