State v. Bacote

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in a subsequent criminal action for driving under the influence, collateral estoppel did not apply to issues decided at a prior administrative hearing held pursuant to implied consent statute
• declining to give collateral estoppel effect to proceedings which occur during an administrative hearing for a driver’s license revocation
• relying upon the fairness and public policy exceptions found in section 28 of the Restatement (Second) of Judgments
• “ ‘When an issue of fact or law is actually litigated and determined by a valid and final judgment, and the determination is essential to the judgment, the determination is conclusive in a subsequent action between the parties, whether on the same or different claim.’ ”

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