STATE v. DAGUE

No. 61634.

274 N.W.2d 293 (1979)

STATE of Iowa, Appellant, v. Chet Miles DAGUE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 24, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., and Stephen P. Dundis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Stephen A. Swift, Cedar Rapids, for appellee.

Considered by REES, P. J., and McCORMICK, ALLBEE, McGIVERIN and LARSON, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

This appeal involves the definition of "habitual offender" in the motor vehicle law. The question is whether habitual offender status is predicated on convictions rather than violations during the relevant period. In finding defendant Chet Miles Dague was not an habitual offender, the trial court held that a person is not an habitual offender under § 321.555(2), The Code, unless the person has six convictions within a two-year period, even...

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