Bay v. South Carolina Highway Department

Lewis, Chief Justice:

The issues to be decided involve the effect of a pardon upon the right to restoration of a driver’s license which had been revoked because of conviction for the pardoned crime.

Respondent, James T. Bay, was convicted in June 1970 of the crimes of reckless homicide (Code Section 46-341) and leaving the scene of an accident (Code Section 46-321), receiving a concurrent sentence of five (5) years on each charge. In addition, his license to drive a motor vehicle was suspended as a mandatory consequence of his conviction.

After serving twenty (20) months of his sentence,…