Legal Opinion
Buchbaum v. State
Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuits of Florida
Decided December 3, 1991No. Case No. 91-10563Published
1Opinion of the Court
*78OPINION OF THE COURT
The Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari to review the Respondent Department’s order revoking his driver license for ten years. This court has jurisdiction.1
On June 3, 1991, after the Petitioner entered a plea to the offense of D.U.I., a Hillsborough County court judge issued a written order determining that the Petitioner’s previous D.U.I. conviction in 1985 from North Carolina was not substantially similar to Florida’s D.U.I. statutory offense and thus did not treat the North Carolina conviction as a previous conviction under Florida law for driver license revocation…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- STATE, DEPT. OF HIGHWAY SAFETY v. VogtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
- White v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Florida · 1952
- State v. WaltersDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
- State, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. BellDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
- Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles v. SpellsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986