Hardison v. Orndorff

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

The Department of Public Safety revoked James Proctor Qrndorffs driver’s license for being an habitual violator. The Superior Court of Terrell County, where appellant resides, reversed the revocation because the Clarke County State Court (where he had been convicted of his third DUI-type offense in 1980) did not send notice of that conviction within ten days to the department as directed by OCGA § 40-5-53 (b). In fact, the Clarke County court did not notify the department until three years after the conviction.

Orndorff had plead guilty in 1978 for driving under the…