Summersell v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety

This matter is before the Court on a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Summersell v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety, 334 S.C. 357, 513 S.E.2d 619 (Ct.App.1999), which affirmed the administrative hearing officer’s and circuit court’s suspension of petitioner’s driver’s license for failure to submit to a breathalyzer test. We grant certiorari, in part, to review that portion of the Court of Appeals’ decision addressing the admissibility of hearsay testimony in an administrative proceeding, and dispense with further briefing. In all…