Dept. of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Brown

The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (the “Department”) flies this petition for second-tier certiorari review of the circuit court’s order granting certiorari relief to Jason R. Brown (the “Driver”). We grant the petition and quash the circuit court’s order.

The Driver was stopped by a Monroe County Sheriffs Office deputy after a be-on-the-lookout alert had been issued for a white truck, matching the one operated by the Driver, which was allegedly driving recklessly and swerving between lanes. The deputy observed the same erratic behavior from the Driver before. stopping him.…