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FOX v. ALEXIS

Docket No. S.F. 24712.

38 Cal.3d 621 (1985)

699 P.2d 309

214 Cal. Rptr. 132

DALE WAYNE FOX, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DORIS V. ALEXIS, as Director, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 20, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, N. Eugene Hill, Assistant Attorney General, and Faith J. Geoghegan, Deputy Attorney General, for Defendant and Appellant.

William J. Owen and Albert W. Brodie for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Laurence M. Sarnoff and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

We must determine whether the statutes in effect at the time of plaintiff Fox's (petitioner or Fox) criminal offense or those in effect at the time of his conviction of driving under the influence of alcohol control actions taken by the Department of Motor Vehicles to revoke his driver's license. For reasons which we explain below, we conclude that the law which was in effect at the time of the offense controls...

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