State v. Creditor

The state appeals from the circuit court’s dismissal of civil proceedings seeking to declare defendant an habitual traffic offender under ORS 484.700 et seq.

Between October 25, 1973 and August 12, 1975, defendant was cited on four separate occasions for driving with a suspended license. Although each citation led to a conviction, two of the convictions resulted from bail forfeitures. In this proceeding defendant collaterally attacked these two convictions by arguing that they were the result of inadvertent failures to attend scheduled court appearances rather than an intent to forfeit bail.…