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OUI Boston Massachusetts Lawyer License Suspension Violation Vehicle
Prior v. Pauline
Facts:
Plaintiff driver sought review of the suspension of his license by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Commonwealth) for failure to comply with Mass Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24 1/2. The parties filed cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings.
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Issue:
- Whether IID requirement violated the defendant’s due process rights?
Discussions:
Under § 24 1/2, which took effect in 2006, drivers with two or more operating under the influence (OUI) convictions were required to install a Certified Ignition Interlock Device (IID) on their vehicles. Plaintiff, who had been convicted of OUI in 1990 and 1994, refused to install the device. The court rejected plaintiffs’ argument that Mass Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24 1/2 was an ex post facto law in violation of U.S. Const. art. I, § 9 and Mass. Const. Decl. Rights art. 24. The statute’s dominant purpose was to protect public safety; thus, it was remedial. The fact that the IID requirement imposed a heavy burden upon individuals such as plaintiff did not render it punitive. Next, the court rejected plaintiff’s argument that because he had operated a motor vehicle safely for 11 years, the IID requirement violated his due process rights. The statute bore a reasonable relation to the legislature’s goal of ensuring that those who had flouted the law in the past did not threaten future injury to themselves or to others. The legislature had determined that the IID requirement applied to all individuals with two or more OUI convictions. Any changes would have to be made by the legislature.
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OUI Norfolk Massachusetts Lawyer License Revocation Restoration Authority
Harrison v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Facts:
After plaintiff licensee’s third conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor (OUI), the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles revoked his license to operate a motor vehicle in Massachusetts for eight years. He appealed; the Massachusetts Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds affirmed. He sought judicial review and moved for judgment on the pleadings.
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Issue:
- Whether the Registrar has authority to restore the license of a third-time OUI offender?
Discussions:
Plaintiff argued that his most recent OUI conviction, for which he alleged to have received a 45-day license suspension, had to be the “final decision” since both of his prior OUI convictions occurred over 20 years ago. The appellate court disagreed. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(c)(3), the Registrar was prohibited from restoring the license of a third-time OUI offender such as plaintiff until eight years after the date of conviction. As plaintiff did not have a single prior OUI conviction more than 10 years before receiving his most recent conviction, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24D, which provided for a suspension of between 45 and 90 days, did not apply. According, the Board did not err in applying § 24, as opposed to § 24D, when it affirmed the Registrar’s decision to suspend plaintiff’s license for eight years.
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OUI Quincy Massachusetts Lawyer Suspension License
Peter John v. Commonwealth
Facts:
After plaintiff licensee’s third conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor (OUI), the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles revoked his license to operate a motor vehicle in Massachusetts for eight years. Plaintiff argued that his most recent OUI conviction, for which he alleged to have received a 45-day license suspension, had to be the “final decision” since both of his prior OUI convictions occurred over 20 years ago. He appealed; the Massachusetts Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds affirmed. He sought judicial review and moved for judgment on the pleadings.
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Issue:
- Whether the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles properly revoked the defendant’s license to operate a motor vehicle in Massachusetts for eight years?
Discussion:
Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(c)(3), the Registrar was prohibited from restoring the license of a third-time OUI offender such as plaintiff until eight years after the date of conviction. As plaintiff did not have a single prior OUI conviction more than 10 years before receiving his most recent conviction, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24D, which provided for a suspension of between 45 and 90 days, did not apply. According, the Board did not err in applying § 24, as opposed to § 24D, when it affirmed the Registrar’s decision to suspend plaintiff’s license for eight years. Plaintiff’s motion was denied and the Board’s decision was affirmed
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OUI Norfolk Massachusetts Lawyer Motor Vehicle Liability Policy
Charles v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Plaintiff licensee filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings in his Mass. Gen. Laws ch.. 30A, § 14 action. The action challenged a decision of defendant, the Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (Massachusetts), which affirmed the decision of the Registry of Motor Vehicles to suspend the licensee’s driver’s license for two years following his second conviction for operating under the influence of liquor (OUI).
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Issue:
- Whether Registry of Motor Vehicles erred in suspending the licensee’s driver’s license for two years?
Discussion:
The licensee pled guilty to his second OUI charge. The trial court ordered, and the docket sheet indicated, that the licensee’s license was suspended “by application of law.” The licensee had completed a treatment program, and had been terminated from probation, which had followed two years of supervision. Nonetheless, he received an additional revocation notice after the Registry received notification of the conviction. That notification was received two years after the conviction. The licensee’s appeal of the suspension to the Board failed. The Board argued that the revocation could not begin until the Registry received notification of it. The court disagreed. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(b) (eff. July 21, 2002) clearly stated that the revocation occurred immediately upon the licensee’s OUI conviction and that the trial court would notify the Registry of that event. The notification was wholly independent of the revocation. Thus, the revocation/suspension of the licensee’s driving privileges occurred immediately up his conviction, notwithstanding the fact that notice to the registry was late in arriving. The licensee’s motion for judgment on the pleadings was allowed
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OUI Quincy Massachusetts Lawyer Motor Vehicle Liability Driver License
Charles Pal v. Commonwealth
Facts:
The board of appeal on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds upheld defendant Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles’s revocation of plaintiff driver’s license until January 5, 2016 because he had been convicted in Connecticut of his third driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUI) offense. The Superior Court Department (Massachusetts) upheld the board’s decision. The driver appealed.
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Issue:
- Whether the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles properly revokes the plaintiff driver’s license until January 5, 2016?
Discussion:
The appellate court held that Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(c)(3) applied as the OUI was a third offense. Section 24(1)(c)(3) prohibited the Registrar from restoring the driving rights of a third-time offender until eight years after the date of conviction. Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 22(c) did not speak the question of how long a suspension based on OUI convictions had to last, regardless of whether the convictions occurred in-state or out-of-state. The Registrar’s claim that relying on the date of conviction for out-of-state violations was against public policy as the Registrar had no control over the timeliness of the information entered by other states into the National Driver Register was rejected. The driver was prohibited from regaining his driving privileges until October 2012, which was more than eight years after his license was suspended. The Registrar could not restore the driver’s license until October 4, 2012, the eighth anniversary of the driver’s third OUI conviction. There was substantial doubt whether the driver’s request for a hardship license was properly before the board as the application was not filed with the Registrar as required by § 24(1)(c). The judgment was vacated, and a new judgment was entered directing the board to revise its decision consistent with the appellate court’s opinion to order the Registrar to correct the termination date for the mandatory revocation of the driver’s license to October 4, 2012
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OUI Bristol Massachusetts Lawyer Substantial Evidence License
OUI Bristol Massachusetts Lawyer Substantial Evidence License
Nijhawan v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Plaintiff driver filed a motion for a judgment on the pleadings in her action for review of the suspension of her driver’s license; the driver claimed that the motor vehicle board erred in its application of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f)(1), prejudiced her, and that its decision was not supported by substantial evidence.
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Issue:
- Whether the board erred in its application of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f)(1)?
Discussion:
Following a de novo hearing, the motor vehicle board suspended the driver’s license. The court found, inter alia, that the board did not commit error of law in its application of § 24(1)(f)(1) and the driver had no statutory basis for requesting review of the matter. The driver’s refusal to submit to a chemical test when she was arrested for operating under the influence (OUI) in 2006 served as the basis for the enhanced license suspension of five years in light of the driver’s two prior OUI convictions or admissions to drug treatment programs. The driver failed to show why she did not produce the police department reports at the board hearing. The certified copies of Arizona Motor Vehicle Division documents coupled with a matching photograph of the driver and her own admission that she paid a reinstatement fee constituted substantial evidence that the driver was the same person who was convicted of OUI in Arizona in 1998. Accordingly, her license was properly suspended. The driver’s motion was denied, and the board’s decision was affirmed
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OUI Boston Massachusetts Lawyer Suspended License
OUI Boston Massachusetts Lawyer Suspended License
Holder v. Commonwealth
Facts:
After plaintiff licensee’s third conviction of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUI), the Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles revoked his license to operate a motor vehicle in Massachusetts for eight years. He appealed; the Massachusetts Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds affirmed. He sought judicial review and moved for judgment on the pleadings. Plaintiff argued that his most recent OUI conviction, for which he alleged to have received a 45-day license suspension, had to be the “final decision” since both of his prior OUI convictions occurred over 20 years ago.
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Issue:
- Whether the Board did not err in applying § 24, as opposed to § 24D?
Discussion:
The Court states that under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(c)(3), the Registrar was prohibited from restoring the license of a third-time OUI offender such as plaintiff until eight years after the date of conviction. As plaintiff did not have a single prior OUI conviction more than 10 years before receiving his most recent conviction, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24D, which provided for a suspension of between 45 and 90 days, did not apply. According, the Board did not err in applying § 24, as opposed to § 24D, when it affirmed the Registrar’s decision to suspend plaintiff’s license for eight years. Plaintiff’s motion was denied and the Board’s decision was affirmed
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OUI Bristol Massachusetts Lawyer Substantial Evidence Suspension
OUI Bristol Massachusetts Lawyer Substantial Evidence Suspension
Lawrence v. Commonwealth
Facts:
Defendant motor vehicle registrar (RMV) suspended plaintiff driver’s license under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f), (g) and Mass. Regs. Code tit. 540, § 11.01 et seq. for refusing to take a chemical test after being stopped for suspected operation of her vehicle while under the influence of alcohol (OMVUI). The District Court (Massachusetts) upheld the suspension. The driver appealed. The RMV moved for judgment on the pleadings.
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Issue:
- Whether there was substantial evidence supporting the RMV’s decision to suspend?
Discussions:
The officer stopped the driver after he saw her weaving on the road. The driver admitted to drinking two drinks, failed field sobriety tests, was arrested, requested and did not get an attorney (her husband), and refused the chemical test. The driver’s claim that the interaction between her medications and the alcohol affected her ability to form a knowing consent or non-consent did not excuse her not taking the chemical test, or failing it, in spite of medical evidence defining the interaction. The driver did not have a constitutional right to consult a lawyer before making a decision to take the civil chemical test. All of the driver’s alleged statutory violations under the Administrative Procedure Act, the Chemical Test Refusal Law, and various regulations, including Mass. Regs. Code tit. 501, §§ 2.52, 9.05(6); Mass. Regs. Code tit. 540, § 11.01; Mass. Regs. Code tit. 801, § 1.03; unconstitutionality arguments; and substantial evidence arguments were rejected. The procedures were followed; the laws and regulations were constitutional, and there was substantial evidence supporting the RMV’s decision to suspend. The OMVUI criminal acquittal was not a defense.
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OUI Norfolk County Massachusetts Suspended License Lawyers
X vs. REGISTRAR OF MOTOR VEHICLES & another
Facts:
Defendant registrar of motor vehicles suspended plaintiff driver’s license for three years due to his refusal to take a breathalyzer test after an arrest for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor (OUI). Plaintiff appealed; defendant board of appeal on motor vehicle liability policies and bonds affirmed. He sought judicial review; the Norfolk Superior Court (Massachusetts) affirmed. He sought further review.
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Issue:
- Whether the word “convicted” referenced only dispositions of criminal charges that included a determination of guilt?
Discussion:
The Court held that the defendant’s license could be suspended for three years under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f)(1), only if he had a prior OUI conviction; as had no such conviction, his license could be suspended only for 180 days. The high court agreed. Under a § 24(1)(d), a person was deemed to have been “convicted of” OUI for purposes of § 24(1)(f)(1) if he pled guilty or nolo contendere or was found or adjudged guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction. Thus, the word “convicted” referenced only dispositions of criminal charges that included a determination of guilt. Plaintiff’s admission to sufficient facts for a finding of guilty, followed by a CWOF and a program assignment, did not qualify him as someone who was previously “convicted of” OUI.
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OUI Norfolk County Massachusetts License Revoked Insufficient Evidence Lawyers
Samson v. Bd. of Appeal on Motor Vehicle
Facts:
The Plaintiff driver’s previous charge of operating under the influence (OUI) had been continued without a finding of guilt (CWOF) and dismissed, pursuant to Mass.R.Crim.P. 12(a) (2). The driver said it was error to consider the prior case a “conviction,” for purposes of the enhanced period of suspension in Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f)(1). The enhanced suspension was properly applied because, when the legislature increased the penalties for drunk drivers, it intended a CWOF to trigger the enhanced suspension. Plaintiff driver appealed the Registrar of Motor Vehicles’ decision to suspend his license for three years, under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f)(1), for refusing to submit to a Breathalyzer test. Defendant Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds affirmed the decision, and the driver sought judicial review, under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, § 14, and moved for judgment on the pleadings, under Mass. R.Civ.P. 12(c).
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Issue:
- Whether the court to consider the prior plaintiff driver’s case a “conviction,” for purposes of the enhanced period of suspension in Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(f)(1)?
Discussion:
The Board finds that the fact that the words “admission to sufficient facts” did not appear in the definition of “conviction” in Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(d) did not require a different conclusion because the words did not have to be in the statute, since (1) it had been consistently held that a admission to sufficient facts to warrant a finding of guilty was treated as a plea of guilty, and (2) the legislature presumably knew of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 278, § 18, regarding a CWOF, and a judicial interpretation of an admission to sufficient facts as being tantamount to a guilty plea, when enacting Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 90, § 24(1)(d). The driver’s motion was denied, the decision of the Board of Appeal on Motor Vehicle Liability Policies and Bonds (Board) was affirmed, and judgment was entered for the Board.
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