Legal Opinion
Drabic v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 27, 2006No. 152 MAP 2005PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*672 OPINION
Justice BALDWIN.
The issue presented in this case is whether collateral civil consequences of criminal acts, in this instance suspensions of operating privileges (ie., driver’s licenses), should be merged to accord with the merger of the underlying criminal convictions from which the collateral civil consequences flow. Although this is a question of first impression for this Court, the lower courts of this Commonwealth have merged such suspensions at least since the Commonwealth Court decided Zimmerman v. Commonwealth, 759 A.2d 953 (Pa.Cmwlth.Ct.2000) (en banc), alloc, denied, 567 Pa.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ElliottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Reinhart v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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- Strawn v. COM., DEPT. OF TRANSP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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