Two-month driver’s license withdrawal confirmed

ATA/712/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative26 nov. 1996Confirmed

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Résumé Omnilex

The administrative court upheld a two-month driver’s license withdrawal imposed for speeding. It held that it had no reason to depart from the criminal court’s findings, because the criminal judge is in principle the authority that must first determine whether the offense was committed. The appeal against the duration and basis of the withdrawal was therefore rejected.

Regeste Omnilex

LCR art. 16 al. 2 and 17 al. 1; withdrawal of driving licence for speeding; the administrative authority is generally bound by the criminal court’s findings on the commission of the offense, absent compelling reasons to depart from them. The administrative judge need not re-examine the established facts where the criminal judge has already ruled on the offense (consid. 2). The duration of the measure is upheld where no error in the factual premise or in the application of the legal criteria is shown.

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Descripteurs

CIRCULATION ROUTIERE; RETRAIT DE PERMIS; DUREE; EXCES DE VITESSE; DROIT PENAL; LCR

Normes

LCR.16 al.2; LCR.17 al.1

Résumé

- Retrait du permis de conduire de 2 mois pour excès de vitesse confirmé.

- Le TA n'a aucune raison de s'écarter des constatations faites par le juge pénal à qui il a appartient d'abord fondamentalement de se prononcer sur la réalisation de l'infraction reproché (ATF 106 Ib p.398 consid. 2).

- Retrait du permis de conduire de 2 mois pour excès de vitesse confirmé.

- Le TA n'a aucune raison de s'écarter des constatations faites par le juge pénal à qui il a appartient d'abord fondamentalement de se prononcer sur la réalisation de l'infraction reproché (ATF 106 Ib p.398 consid. 2).

Mots-clés

traffic offensedriver’s license withdrawalspeedingcriminal findingsadministrative review

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Question juridique clé

Whether the two-month driver’s license withdrawal for speeding had to be upheld

Solution extraite

The two-month withdrawal was confirmed.

Motifs extraits

The court found no reason to depart from the criminal judge’s findings, since that judge is primarily responsible for determining whether the offense occurred.

Question juridique clé

Whether the administrative court could depart from the criminal court’s findings on the traffic offense

Solution extraite

No departure was justified.

Motifs extraits

The administrative court deferred to the criminal judgment’s factual determinations regarding the offense.

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