State v. Savard

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• holding in materially identical circumstances that an administrative license suspension did not constitute punishment for double jeopardy purposes
• noting the impact of a license suspension on the Double Jeopardy Clause
• “[W]e acknowledge that any [driver’s license] suspension may have a deterrent effect on the law-abiding public____”
• application of Halper framework to criminal prosecution for OUI following an administrative hearing affirming the suspension of defendant’s motor vehicle driver’s license for OUI
• revocation of driver’s license nonpunitive in character because overriding purpose of statute to provide public with safe roadways
• revocation or suspension of driver’s license is not punishment, and, thus, prosecution for DUI following administrative suspension of license for DUI is not barred by state and federal double jeopardy clauses

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).