Commonwealth v. Pugliano

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (Department) from an order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas sustaining a motorist’s appeal from a driver’s license suspension.

On December 2, 1981, the appellee motorist filed a petition with the court of common pleas, appealing the Department’s suspension of his driver’s license under Section 1539 of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa. C. S. §1539. A hearing was scheduled for March 9, 1982, by order of the court dated January 5,1982, a copy of which was sent to the Department.1 At the hearing, the…