Daly v. Department of Motor Vehicles

Opinion

BUTLER, J.

Deputy Sheriff Kathleen Coffey arrested Joseph Charles Daly for drunk driving. At the jail, she admonished Daly his refusal to submit to a chemical test to determine blood-alcohol content would result in suspension of his driving license for six months. Daly had a prior drunk driving conviction authorizing a one-year suspension for failure to submit to testing. Coffey did not admonish Daly as to that consequence. Daley did not submit to testing.

The Department of Motor Vehicles (Department) suspended Daly’s driver’s license. He requested a hearing. The hearing officer found…