Fritts v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Appellant was charged with driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. He was found not guilty by a jury, but, because he had refused to submit to a breathalyzer test at the time of his arrest, the Department of Motor Vehicles revoked his driver’s license. After a formal 'administrative hearing the department sustained the revocation which has been stayed pending the resolution of this appeal. After filing a petition in superior court to review the department’s final order, the trial judge affirmed the administrative determination in a de novo hearing. This appeal followed…