is an illegally revoked license still revoked? It would be nice to get the judge's guidance on that.
Legally no, its not been revoked.
I was arrested illegally in New Haven when I was in college. Prior to trial the judge dismissed the charges with prejudice. (I believe that means that even though the trial never started, they can never charge me again, google it and you'll know more than I do)
He also suggested that we file an internal affairs complaint against the NHPD. So I did. Shortly thereafter the NHPD asked the CT DPS to revoke my PP. Which they did. We scheduled a hearing with the BFPE and it was scheduled some 6 months in the future. It was a slam dunk.
Out of the blue my attorney suggested we contact the judge. When the judge found out what had happened he was PISSED. He wrote a letter to the BFPE asking for them to summarily order the DPS to return my PP. They did and I didn't have to wait for my hearing.
Several times during all of this, the judge told me "This didn't happen". You can always answer NO to any question that in your head might relate to this. The arrest, the trial, the revocation of your PP. It never happened.
So 20+ years later and I'm a resident of MA applying for a LTC in a green town. Not wanting to roll the dice that the NHPD followed CT 54-142A, which says that any trial records that are left as a result of a trial that is dismissed or with the defendant found innocent must be DESTROYED, I told the licensing officer in MA the story. He told me that unless it comes up on CORI substantially differently than I told the story, I didn't have a problem. In the end, it was NOT on CORI.
Don
p.s. Sec. 54-142a. (Formerly Sec. 54-90). Erasure of criminal records. (a) Whenever in any criminal case, on or after October 1, 1969, the accused, by a final judgment, is found not guilty of the charge or the charge is dismissed, all police and court records and records of any state's attorney pertaining to such charge shall be erased upon the expiration of the time to file a writ of error or take an appeal, if an appeal is not taken, or upon final determination of the appeal sustaining a finding of not guilty or a dismissal, if an appeal is taken.