O'Hara v. Superior Ct. of State of Ariz.

GORDON, Vice Chief Justice:

On June 24, 1981 petitioner Michelle Marie O’Hara was involved in a traffic accident that resulted in $770 damage to the other party’s vehicle. O’Hara was uninsured at the time. Because she failed to comply with Arizona’s financial responsibility laws in effect at the time of the accident, (see A.R.S. §§ 28-1142 to -1143, -1167, all of which were repealed by Laws 1982, ch. 298, § 5, effective January 1, 1983), O’Hara’s operator’s license was suspended, effective August 31, 1981.

On January 9, 1983, O’Hara was seen in Holbrook driving in an erratic manner. She was…