Copenhaver v. State Department of Public Safety, 671 So.2d 712 (Ala.Civ.App. 1995)

  • The Youthful Offender Act is not applicable to proceedings pursuant to § 32-5A-195(q) relative to the suspension of a driver's license.

  • Sanction imposed in proceeding to review driver's license suspension is not to punish driver but to protect public, and finding adverse to driver seeks to remove him as life-threatening road hazard.

  • Under Alabama law, a proceeding for review of suspension or revocation of driver's license is strictly a civil proceeding.