761 So. 2d 417 - Carroll v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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14 state decisions

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1. “(b) A person whose driving privilege has been revoked under s. 322.27(5) may, upon expiration of 12 months from the date of such revocation, petition the department for restoration of his or her driving privilege. Upon such petition and after investigation ... the department shall hold a hearing ... to determine whether the driving privilege shall be restored on a restricted basis solely for business or employment purposes. Given the above interchangeable use of the terms in the statute, we must conclude that the legislature intended the terms “driving privilege” and “driver’s license” to mean the same thing and to apply equally to either situation. Consequently, as applied to appellant, we must conclude that his lack of a driver’s license did not relieve him from conviction as a habitual traffic offender whose driver’s license (driving privilege) had been revoked or suspended.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burgess v. State · 180 Md. App. 35 - Sullivan v. State

2. “[A]ny person whose record, as maintained by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, shows that such person has accumulated the specified number of convictions for offenses described in subsection (1) or subsection (2) within a 5-year period: (1) Three or more convictions of any one or more of the following offenses arising out of separate acts: [[Image here]] (d) Driving a motor vehicle while his or her license is suspended or revoked.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Miller · Crain v. State

3. “(5) Any person whose driver license has been revoked pursuant to s, 322.264 (habitual offender) and who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while such license is revoked is guilty of a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s, 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Miller