{"id":407,"date":"2015-05-23T04:46:49","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T04:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2015\/05\/sjc-hears-oral-argument-to-dec.html"},"modified":"2015-05-23T04:46:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T04:46:49","slug":"sjc-hears-oral-argument-to-dec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/sjc-hears-oral-argument-to-dec\/","title":{"rendered":"SJC heard argument to decide whether a CWOF is a conviction for purposes of CDL license revocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in the case of <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.suffolk.edu\/sjc\/archive\/2015\/SJC_11818.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tirado v. Board of Appeals<\/a> addressing the issue of whether a CWOF qualifies as a conviction for the purposes of CDL license suspensions.  In <a href=\"http:\/\/masscases.com\/cases\/sjc\/462\/462mass227.html\" target=\"_blank\">Souza v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles<\/a>, 462 Mass. 227 (2012), the SJC held that a CWOF could not count as a conviction for the purposes of calculating subsequent offense license suspensions.  The SJC found that because the legislature did not explicitly state that a CWOF was a conviction it could not be used to enhance a license suspension by the RMV.  The legislature quickly amended the statute to include CWOF as convictions.  <\/p>\n<p>  The legislature however, never amended the CDL statute to address whether a CWOF was a conviction for the purposes of CDL license suspensions, leaving the SJC with an issue of great importance for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\">Massachusetts OUI Lawyers<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Under Chapter 90F Section 1, a person is disqualified from holding a CDL license if he or she has certain convictions.  The statute defines a conviction as follows:  <\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/sjc-hears-oral-argument-to-dec\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading SJC heard argument to decide whether a CWOF is a conviction for purposes of CDL license revocation\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in the case of Tirado v. Board of Appeals addressing the issue of whether a CWOF qualifies as a conviction for the purposes of CDL license suspensions. In Souza v. 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