Costa v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State Registrar of Motor Vehicles from an order of a District Court justice to return a chauffeur’s license to Sandra Costa (Costa), who, prior to the registrar’s suspension, had been employed as a schoolbus driver. The registrar’s appeal has been taken pursuant to the pertinent provisions of G.L. 1956 (1984 Reenactment) chapter 35 of title 42.

Costa’s schoolbus permit and chauffeur’s license were suspended following a high-speed chase involving Costa and the Cran-ston police on the evening of February 9, 1986. Costa was charged with “eluding a…