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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Roy P. Keim, Jr. : :
v. : No. 2481 C.D. 2004
: Argued: September 13, 2005 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : Department of Transportation, : Bureau of Driver Licensing, :
Appellant :
BEFORE: HONORABLE DORIS A. SMITH-RIBNER, Judge
HONORABLE ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge
HONORABLE JAMES R. KELLEY, Senior Judge
OPINION BY JUDGE SMITH-RIBNER FILED: December 7, 2005
In this case of first impression, the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that sustained the statutory appeal of Roy P. Keim from DOT's order suspending Keim's operating privilege for six months following notification that he pleaded guilty to the offense of manufacturing a controlled substance. DOT questions whether the trial court erred as a matter of law in ruling that DOT could not suspend Keim's operating privilege because that offense is not one of the offenses "involving" controlled substances that is specifically mentioned in Section 1532(c) of the Vehicle Code, as amended, 75 Pa. C.S.

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