Harrington v. Commonwealth

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This direct appeal requires consideration of whether a 1998 amendment to Section 1584 of the Vehicle Code, implementing the existing scheme of reciprocal license suspension under the interstate Driver’s License Compact in circumstances in which a reporting state has failed to fully satisfy the Compact’s technical reporting requirements, impinges upon a licensee’s entitlement to receive adequate notice pursuant to the due process clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions.

On August 9, 1998, Appellee, Lawrence J. Harrington, III (“Harrington”) was…