State v. Stanfill

Defendant appeals a conviction for felony driving while revoked. ORS 811.175(l)(a); ORS 811.182(3)(a) (1997).1 He assigns error to the trial court’s denial of a motion to exclude evidence of the underlying driver’s license revocation. The issue is whether, under ORS 809.650 and ORS 809.660, a habitual offender revocation continues indefinitely until the Department of Transportation (Department) affirmatively restores driving privileges. We conclude that it does and that the trial court therefore correctly admitted the challenged evidence. Consequently, we affirm.

In 1990, the Department…