McDaniel v. State

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

William Ransom McDaniel was arrested for driving under the influence in violation of OCGA § 40-6-391. The Georgia Department of Public Safety suspended appellant’s Georgia driver’s license. To his criminal prosecution for DUI, appellant filed a plea in bar claiming the prosecution constituted double jeopardy on account of the prior “punitive” administrative proceedings suspending his license. The trial court denied the plea in bar, and this direct appeal follows. Held:

We have repeatedly held that the suspension of a defendant’s driver’s license was not an act to…