Legal Opinion
Zaragoza v. Director of the Department of Revenue
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 8, 1985No. 83SA474PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEIGHBORS, Justice.
The appellant, Robert Zaragoza, appeals the district court’s order upholding the revocation of his driver’s license pursuant to the version of section 42-2-122(l)(g), 17 C.R.S. (1984), then in effect. Zaragoza claims that the plain wording of the section and the proscription against retrospective legislation found in the Colorado Constitution 1 preclude the application of the statute to him. We reject his arguments and affirm the judgment of the district court.
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On November 23, 1982, the Motor Vehicle Division of the Colorado Department of Revenue held a hearing to determine…
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