Motor Vehicle Administration v. Loane

This case presents yet another opportunity to construe provisions of § 16-205. 1 of the Maryland Transportation Article (“T.R.”), known as Maryland’s “implied consent, administrative per se law” (hereinafter “the Statute”).1 Pursuant to subsection (a)(2) of the Statute, “[a]ny person who drives or attempts to drive a motor vehicle on a highway or on any private property that is used by the public in general in this State is deemed to have consented ... to take a test if the person should be detained on suspicion of driving or attempting to drive while under the influence of alcohol----”…