Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Shaffer
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 1, 2002No. Record 010480PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SENIOR JUSTICE COMPTON
delivered the opinion of the Court.
At issue in this appeal is the nature of the right to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth and the extent of the right to obtain judicial review of a determination by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that a person qualifies as an habitual offender.
The facts are undisputed. In July 1997, the DMV, in an ex parte proceeding relying on records of criminal convictions, determined Michael Brian Shaffer to be an habitual offender pursuant to former Code § 46.2-352(A) (Repl. Vol. 1998), and revoked his operator’s license effective…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bell v. BursonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- MacKey v. MontrymSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Dixon v. LoveSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Walton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1998
- Duffy v. HartsockSupreme Court of Virginia · 1948
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Sayler v. CommonwealthAlbemarle County Circuit Court · 2006
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