Legal Opinion
Merseal v. State Dept. of Licensing
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided February 22, 2000No. 18346-7-IIIPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSweeney, J.
The Department of Licensing (DOL) must disqualify a person from driving a commercial motor vehicle upon receipt of an appropriate report that the licensee operated a commercial vehicle with A blood alcohol in excess of .04. ROW 46.25.090(1). Edward Merseal operated a tractor-trailer rig on Washington highways with a blood alcohol in excess of .04. So DOL suspended his license. In the parallel criminal prosecution, the district court granted a deferred prosecution. The question here is whether the deferred criminal prosecution divests the DOL of authority to suspend Mr. Merseal’s commercial…
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