Johnston v. Director of Revenue

I dissent. Even this small case, containing only six pages of transcript and two exhibits, contains enough legal fodder to feed a law school exam.

Initially, the record was compiled before a traffic commissioner followed by a hollow review by a Circuit Judge. I cannot find any provision of Article V of the Missouri Constitution which dictates this procedure.1

Secondarily, when does a conviction occur for the purposes of use by the respondent: on the date of conviction of a defendant by a jury, or ten years later when an Appellate Court gets around to dismissing the appeal? I submit that a…