Commonwealth v. Jaffe

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of Transportation appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which sustained an appeal of James S. Jaffe (Jaffe) from the suspension of his motor vehicle operating privilege. We reverse.

This is a point-system case with a simple issue. The issue here is whether or not the Department assigned points to the point record of Jaffe within six months of the date of conviction for a stop-sign offense for which he was cited on July 30, 1977, as required by Section 1535(c) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S.…