Vinson v. Snyder

Opinion

BUCKLEY, J.

The Department of Motor Vehicles (hereafter DMV), through its acting director, appeals from the grant of respondent Terry Lamar Vinson’s petition for writ of mandamus setting aside the order of the DMV suspending respondent’s driving privileges for one year for driving a motor vehicle when he had more than .08 percent by weight of alcohol in his blood. In its place, the court imposed a four-month suspension. The central issue presented on appeal is whether a hearing officer at an administrative per se hearing may rely on his or her own expertise in reading and analyzing a…