Connelly v. State

Banke, Chief Judge.

Following a non-jury trial, the appellant was found guilty of the felony offense of operating a motor vehicle after receiving notice that his driver’s license had been revoked pursuant to the habitual violator statute. See OCGA § 40-5-58. He was sentenced, as a recidivist, to five years imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the “Official Notice of Revocation” sent to him by the Department of Public Safety pursuant to OCGA § 40-5-58 (b) to advise him of his habitual violator status was deficient in that it led him to believe that such status would automatically expire…