Case Name: David Kirk SPARKS, Petitioner/Respondent, v. DIRECTOR OF REVENUE, STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent/Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1996-07-30
Citations: 926 S.W.2d 555
Docket Number: No. 69537
Parties: David Kirk SPARKS, Petitioner/Respondent, v. DIRECTOR OF REVENUE, STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent/Appellant.
Judges: Before DOWD, P.J., and REINHARD and GARY M. GAERTNER, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 926
Pages: 555–555

Head Matter:
David Kirk SPARKS, Petitioner/Respondent, v. DIRECTOR OF REVENUE, STATE OF MISSOURI, Respondent/Appellant.
No. 69537.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
July 30, 1996.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., James A. Chenault, III, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Mo. Dept, of Revenue, Jefferson City, for appellant.
Timothy Francis Devereux, Clayton, for respondent.
Before DOWD, P.J., and REINHARD and GARY M. GAERTNER, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Director of Revenue (Director) appeals from the circuit court's judgment reinstating petitioner's driving privileges. We remand.
Petitioner's driving privileges were suspended after he was arrested for driving while intoxicated, § 302.505, RSMo 1994. The suspension was sustained following an administrative hearing, § 302.505.2 and 302.530, and he requested a trial de novo, § 302.535. The case was assigned to a traffic court commissioner, who heard the case and reinstated petitioner's driving privileges. The findings and recommendations of the commissioner were adopted and confirmed by Judge McGhee.
On appeal, Director contends the reinstatement order is without effect because the case was heard by a traffic court commissioner. We agree. This case is controlled by our recent decision in Chamberlain v. Director of Revenue, 921 S.W.2d 138 (Mo.App. E.D.1996). See also State ex rel. Coyle v. O'Toole, 914 S.W.2d 871 (Mo.App. E.D.1996). In Chamberlain, we found that an order entered after a trial de novo heard by a traffic commissioner was without legal effect and that the petition remained in the circuit court. Chamberlain, 921 S.W.2d at 138-39.
Remanded.
. All statutory citations are RSMo 1994.