Roy Howard v. State

OPINION

JERRY L. SMITH, Judge.

On May 2, 1997, the State filed a petition in the Anderson County Criminal Court in which it sought to have Appellee Roy L. Howard declared a motor vehicle habitual offender pursuant to Tennessee Code Annotated sections 55-10-601, et seq. The trial court conducted a hearing on the petition on November 7, 1997, and the court subsequently denied the petition by an order dated February 11, 1998. The State challenges the trial court’s denial of its petition. After a review of the record, we must reverse the judgment of the trial court.

FACTS

On January 1 and January 8,…