Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Department of Motor Vehicles
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 14, 2000No. D032919PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’ROURKE, J.
The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) appeals a judgment granting Steven T. McDonald’s petition for writ of administrative mandamus and reducing his driver’s license suspension from one year to four months. The court determined that the Colorado law under which McDonald pleaded guilty for driving while ability impaired (DWAI) was not “substantially similar” to California Vehicle Code 1 section 23152, subdivisions (a) and (b), and therefore that the DMV could not consider McDonald’s Colorado offense a prior offense for penalty enhancement purposes. The DMV contends the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- People v. ClarkCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- White v. County of SacramentoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982
- People v. WoodellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. RodriguezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
- Lake v. ReedCalifornia Supreme Court · 1997
19 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by12 opinions
- Heritage Residential Care, Inc. v. Division of Labor Standards EnforcementCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2011
- People v. BuiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2001
- People v. BINKERDCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2007
- People v. CraneCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- Hamilton v. GourleyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2002
7 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.