Key legal question
Whether the administrative authority could depart from the final criminal findings and take new evidence
Extracted holding
No. The administrative authority was bound by the criminal judgment because no recognized exception justified departing from it.
Extracted reasoning
A final criminal judgment normally binds the administrative authority in license-withdrawal proceedings. The driver knew a withdrawal procedure was pending and had to raise objections in the criminal proceedings; having failed to challenge the prefectural opposition decision, he could not relitigate the facts later.