Emmett v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation

LORD, Senior Judge.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department) appeals an order of the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas that sustained the appeal of David Brian Emmett from a one-year suspension of his operating privilege. 1

By notice dated June 12,1997, the Department informed Emmett:

Section 1581 of the Vehicle Code requires the Department to treat certain out of state convictions as though they had occurred in Pennsylvania. Therefore, as a result of the Department receiving notification from OHIO of your conviction on 02/13/1997 of an offense which occurred on 02/08/1997,…