Florida/Georgia Personal Injury & Workers Compensation

...ng violation. See § 322.34(1), Fla. Stat. (Supp.1998). Operation of a vehicle with knowledge that the driver's license has been canceled, suspended, or revoked is subject to progressively *1265 more harsh punishment for repeated violations. See id. § 322.24(2)....

...change in the law, but the ruling is not retroactive." Id. The Fifth District further upheld the trial court's jurisdiction to enter its judgment. The Fifth District's decision was in error because the issue before it was the correct construction of section 322.24, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998). Thompson was correct that under the correct construction of section 322.24, Florida Statutes (Supp.1998), the circuit court did not have jurisdiction to impose the sentence....

...Statutes (1999). Sections 322.26(1)(a) and 322.28(2), (3) require the DHSMV to permanently revoke a driver's license when the driver has received a fourth conviction for driving under the influence and the criminal court has not revoked the license. Section 322.24, Florida Statutes (1999), allows the DHSMV to revoke a license based upon out-of-state convictions for offenses which, if committed within the state, would be grounds for revocation....

...rty based upon the same driving episode. In light of the Melbourne court’s distinguishing of Boutwell v. State, 631 So.2d 1094 (Fla.1994) (regardless of number of injured persons, there can be only one conviction arising from single accident under § 322.24, Fla....

...In Boutwell, the defendant was involved in a car accident that caused serious injuries to four occupants of the other vehicle. Like Coto, Boutwell was also driving without a license. Id. at 1094-95. Boutwell was subsequently charged and convicted under section 322.24(3), Florida Statutes (1991), of four counts of driving while license suspended causing death or serious injuries....

...Like Coto, Boutwell claimed “that his multiple convictions violated the constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy because his actions constituted but one criminal offense.” Id. On appeal, the Court agreed with the defendant and quashed the lower court’s decision. Id. The Court noted that section 322.24(3) “does no more than enhance the penalty for driving with a suspended license in cases where the driver through the careless or negligent operation of his vehicle causes death or serious bodily injury.” Id....

...not be eligible to be relicensed for a minimum of 5 years from the date of revocation, except as provided for in § 322.271. Any person whose license is revoked may, by petition to the department, show cause why his license should not be revoked. . § 322.24 Suspending resident’s license upon conviction in another state....

...thwith revoke the license or driving privilege of any person upon receiving a record of such person’s conviction of any of the following offenses: ... a fourth violation of s. 316.193 [DUI]-” A revocation under section 322.26(l)(a) is permanent. Section 322.24, Florida Statutes (1999), authorizes the Department “to suspend or revoke the license of any resident of the state, upon receiving notice of the conviction of such person in another state or foreign country of an offense therein whic...

...On August 27, 2008, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (the "Department") revoked the petitioner's Florida driver's license for one year based on the New York conviction. The Department has the authority to revoke the driver's license of a Florida resident for certain out-of-state convictions. § 322.24, Fla....

...That court disqualified itself because a close relative of the petitioner works for the court, and the petition was assigned to this court. For these proceedings, the members of this panel sit as associate judges of the Fourth District Court of Appeal. Under section 322.24, the Department may suspend or revoke a license when the out-of-state conviction is an offense which, "if committed in this state, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of his or her license." [1] This means that the statut...

...f any resident of the state, upon receiving notice of the conviction of such person in another state or foreign country of an offense therein which, if committed in this state, would be grounds for the suspension or revocation of his or her license. § 322.24, Fla. Stat. (2008). [2] The appellate division also explained that care must be taken to distinguish section 322.24—where the "same offense" test applies—from section 322.28—where a "similar offense" test applies....

...lated traffic offense similar to the offense of driving under the influence as proscribed by s. 316.193. . . ." § 322.28, Fla. Stat. (2008) (emphasis added). This length-of-suspension statute—section 322.28—has no bearing on the interpretation of section 322.24.