Winesett v. Scheidt

The appeal of the Commissioner of Motor Yehicles presents for decision the question whether the record that the petitioner in a local court in Pasquotank County had entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor was alone satisfactory evidence in a hearing before the Commissioner under G.S. 20-16, and authorized the Commissioner to .suspend his driver’s license and to deny his plea for its return.

The statutes regulating the operation of motor vehicles on the highways created the Department of Motor Vehicles and gave…