Burgess v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

OPINION BY

President Judge LEADBETTER.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (PennDOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lycoming County (trial court), which sustained the statutory appeal of Ezra J. Burgess from a fifteen-day add-on suspension of his motor vehicle operating privilege imposed under Section 1544(a) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1544(a).1 On appeal, the issue is whether Burgess’ operating privilege was suspended when PennDOT assigned three points to his record for his convictions of the underlying violations of the Vehicle Code,…