Scott v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Joyner

The petitioner was convicted by a Maryland court of drunken driving of an automobile, and in accordance with the mandatory provisions of the Virginia statutes (sections 46-416 and 46-454 of the Code of 1950), the Virginia Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles, upon receipt of the record of that conviction, revoked his license to operate an automobile. The petitioner filed in the Circuit Court of Fairfax county a petition for a review of the act of the commissioner. Afterward the commissioner filed a motion to dismiss the proceedings. After due consideration the motion was sustained…