Legal Opinion

Keegan v. State

Supreme Court of Colorado

Decided December 5, 1977No. 27573Published

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kelley

The appellant, Arthur Keegan, appeals the decision of the district court affirming the suspension of his driver’s license pursuant to section 42-2-123(1 )(a), C.R.S. 1973 (1976 Supp.). The appellant had accumulated twenty points on his license within twenty-four months. The appellant contends that section 42-2-123(1)(a)1 is unconstitutional as applied because (1) the appellee, the Department of Revenue, Motor Vehicle Division, has “arbitrarily fixed six points as the trigger for a second suspension hearing,” and (2) the statute results in a denial of equal treatment.

We find the appellant’s…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Augustino v. Colorado Department of RevenueSupreme Court of Colorado · 1977
  2. Perlmutter v. STATE, DEPT. OF REVENUE, ETC.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1976

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