Case Name: David Elwood Specht, Appellant v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee
Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1982-10-06
Citations: 69 Pa. Commw. 281
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 861 C.D. 1979
Parties: David Elwood Specht, Appellant v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee.
Judges: to Judges Rogers, Williams, Jr. and Craig, sitting as a panel of three.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 281–282

Head Matter:
David Elwood Specht, Appellant v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, Appellee.
Submitted on briefs September 13,1982,
to Judges Rogers, Williams, Jr. and Craig, sitting as a panel of three.
John B. Schaner, for appellant.
Harold H. Cramer, Assistant Counsel, with him Ward T. Williams, Chief Counsel, and Jay C. Waid-man, General Counsel, for appellee.
October 6, 1982:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Cbaig,
In Smith v. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, 60 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 319, 431 A.2d 401 (1981), this court recently decided that, where the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation receives a certified record that a driver was convicted under 75 Pa. C. S. §1543(a) of driving while under "suspension," the department may withhold the operator's license only for an additional six months, under 75 Pa. C. S. §1543 (b), even though, in view of the facts, the conviction under the same Section 1543(a) should have been for driving while the license was revoked.
In this case, which involves the same situation, modification of the common pleas court order is necessary because the trial court did not have the benefit of our Smith decision when the case was decided.