State v. Jennings

BIRDSALL, Presiding Judge.

On April 30, 1985, the Arizona Supreme Court held in State v. Williams, 144 Ariz. 487, 698 P.2d 732 (1985), that it was error for the trial court to refuse to instruct the jury in a drunk-driving case that “the State must prove ‘that the defendant knew or should have known that his [driver’s] license was suspended or revoked.’ ” 144 Ariz. at 488, 698 P.2d at 733. The case was remanded for a new trial. Williams had been arrested on October 10, 1982, and was convicted following a trial which commenced July 19, 1983.

On July 27,1983, a statutory amendment to A.R.S. §…