Clendaniel v. Voshell

CHRISTIE, Chief Justice:

In this case the Court is called upon to decide if an administrative procedure to revoke a person’s driver’s license based on an administrative determination that the person has violated 21 Del.C. § 2742 may go forward even though a prior criminal proceeding based on the same incident had been dismissed with prejudice at the request of the State. We hold that under some circumstances, including those here present, an administrative action to revoke a driver’s license is not barred by rulings made or events occurring in a prior criminal trial.

The evidence tends to…