DocketNumber: No. MV 950421563S
Citation Numbers: 1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 5135, 17 Conn. L. Rptr. 330
Judges: SILBERT, J.
Filed Date: 7/10/1996
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
The defendants, of course, concede that, in light of State v.Hickam,
Although the Connecticut Constitution does not contain a specific double jeopardy provision, it has long been held that Article First, Sections Eight and Nine of our Constitution CT Page 5136 incorporate those double jeopardy protections which are found in the United States Constitution. State v. Langley,
Critical to the defendants' double jeopardy claim is their contention that the administrative license suspension is punishment. In State v. Hickam, supra, however, our Supreme Court decided that the purpose of the suspension provision was remedial, and not punitive. This court is not at liberty to reach a contrary conclusion. That other state courts have reached contrary conclusions about their administrative suspension statutes based on their interpretation of the United States Constitution does not support the defendant here. Our Supreme Court considered and rejected those cases in deciding Hickam, Moreover, the defendants have cited no cases in which the appellate courts of any sister state have found that a state constitutional provision against double jeopardy would prevent the prosecution on drunk driving charges of an individual whose license has been administratively suspended as a result of the same incident.
The defendants have thoroughly and exhaustively analyzed the history of double jeopardy litigation in this state as well as in the courts of other states and the federal system. Other than their generalized conclusion that our state constitution often provides greater protection to our citizens than do the comparably worded provisions of the United States Constitution, however, they have offered no specific support for their claim that the state constitutional ban against double jeopardy, which is not explicit but implied, is more expansive than that found in the
SILBERT, J.