Groce v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Salvatore Desantis and Robert Groce both committed multiple driving offenses and consequently received letters from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (“BMV”) identifying them individually as habitual traffic violators (“HTV”). Contrary to their claims, we find that the BMV’s failure to refer to judicial review opportunities in the initial HTV suspension notice did not invalidate their suspensions. Rather, it was sufficient that judicial review opportunities were outlined in a subsequent letter.

Background

Salvatore Desantis was convicted of various traffic…