Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2013

Bell v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

Bell v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided November 19, 2013
80 A.3d 374; 622 Pa. 165; 2013 WL 6081777; 2013 Pa. LEXIS 2758 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

Bell v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 19th day of November, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues as stated by petitioner are:

(1) Do convictions for homicide by vehicle and homicide by vehicle-DUI fail to merge for license suspension purposes because the statutory elements of the two offenses are mutually exclusive and Section 1532(a.l) of the Vehicle Code explicitly provides a suspension for each offense?
(2) Does the difference between criminal and civil proceedings and the lack of an explicit provision on merg*375er in the Vehicle Code support different merger rules for license suspension purposes than for criminal sentencing purposes?

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