Carpenter v. Dep't of Highway Safety & Motor Vehicles

Full title: Derrick Owen CARPENTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Date published: Aug 28, 2017

228 So. 3d 175 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2017)

Opinion

CASE NO. 1D17–234

08-28-2017

Derrick Owen CARPENTER, Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES, Appellee.

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.

PER CURIAM.

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.

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.