Case Name: Derrick Owen CARPENTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-08-28
Citations: 228 So. 3d 175
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D17-234
Parties: Derrick Owen CARPENTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellee.
Judges: ROWE, MAKAR, and JAY, JJ., CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 228
Pages: 175–175

Head Matter:
Derrick Owen CARPENTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellee.
CASE NO. 1D17-234
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed August 28, 2017.
Rehearing Denied October 11, 2017
David M. Robbins and Susan Z. Cohen, Epstein & Robbins, Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Christie S. Utt, General Counsel, and Jason Helfant, Senior Assistant General Counsel, Department of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles, Lake Worth, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
DENIED. See Arthur v. State, 818 So.2d 589, 592 n.4 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002) (stating that the Department's records are "prima facie 'evidence"-that the driver committed the offenses identified in its records, and that the burden then shifts to the driver to dispute the evidence).
ROWE, MAKAR, and JAY, JJ., CONCUR.