Legal Opinion
Armondo v. Department of Motor Vehicles
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 11, 1993No. A057994PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WERDEGAR, J.
Introduction
Elizabeth C. A. Armondo appeals from the denial of a peremptory writ challenging the Department of Motor Vehicles’ (DMV) suspension of her driving privilege. The appeal poses two questions: first, whether a “disappearing lawful arrest”—i.e., an arrest which, by operation of law, is subsequently deemed only a detention—may support an administrative per se suspension of a driver’s license, one requirement of which is an arrest; and second, whether it was within the trial court’s discretion to reject new evidence offered for the first time in the writ proceeding.…
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