State, Department of Public Safety v. Prine

PRATHER, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

INTRODUCTION

This case calls upon us to interpret multiple offender driver’s license suspension statutes. This Court finds that the hardship statutes allow suspension periods to run con*1117currently and that the circuit court has jurisdiction to determine such matters.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Berna Jean Prine is a multiple offender of Miss.Code Ann. § 63-11-30 (Supp.1983). As a result of convictions on these offenses, Prine’s driver’s license was suspended by the Department of Public Safety [hereinafter “Department”]. The Department computed the…