Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Bureau of Driver Improvement v. Thompson

DIAMANTIS, Judge.

The circuit court entered an order quashing the suspension of Bradford James Thompson’s driver’s license, ruling that the state failed to establish that the traffic stop which resulted in Thompson’s arrest was lawful. We grant the state’s petition for certiorari review and quash the circuit court order.

Thompson’s driver’s license was suspended because he refused to take a breath test. Section 322.2615(7)(b), Florida Statutes (1991), restricts the review of a license suspension for refusal to take a breath test to consideration of four issues: (1) whether the law enforcement…