State v. Vashaw

The sole question in this case is whether the use of motor vehicle convictions which occurred prior to the effective date of the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Habitual Offenders Act, RSA ch. 262-B (Supp. 1972) to revoke the defendant’s operator license pursuant to RSA 262-B:2 (1) (Supp. 1972) is violative of N.H. Const, pt. I, art. 23 which forbids retrospective laws made for the decision of civil causes. The statute requires the license of a motor vehicle operator to be revoked for four years if he is convicted of three or more of the offenses listed in RSA 262-B:2 (I) within a ten-year…