Justis v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “Sections 302.302 and 302.304 instruct the Director to set up a point system for traffic violations, and provides for the suspension or revocation of an individual’s driver’s license due to an accumulation of points within a certain period of time. James v. Director of Revenue, 893 S.W.2d 406, 407 (Mo.App.1995). “The statutes grant the Director no discretion from revoking the driving privileges where the accumulation of points meets the statutory amount.” Id. The point' values assessed for various traffic offenses is established by § 302.302.1.... This court has found that a circuit court’s discretion is also limited by the provisions of § 302.304. Brown [v. Director of Revenue], 772 S.W.2d [398] at 400 [(Mo.App.1989) ]. “Although the circuit court is a court of general jurisdiction, when it is engaged in the exercise of a special statutory power its jurisdiction is limited by such statutory power.” Id. When the Director presents evidence that a driver has accumulated twelve points in twelve months, the court is compelled to follow the mandate of the statute to revoke the driver’s license and cannot exercise its discretion to fashion any other remedy. Id. The court only has’ the power to sustain the revocation if the Director meets his burden of proof by proving that the driver accumulated twelve points in twelve months. Id.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Director of Revenue

2. “1. The director shall notify by ordinary mail any operator of the point value charged against the operator’s record when the record shows four or more points have been accumulated in a twelve-month period. 3. The director shall suspend the license and driving privileges of any person whose driving record shows the driver has accumulated eight points in eighteen months.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brown v. Director of Revenue