State v. Wells

In this civil proceeding under the Habitual Traffic Offenders Act, ORS 484.700 to 484.750, defendant appeals from the circuit court’s ruling that he is a habitual offender within the meaning of ORS 484.705(l)(a). Under this provision a habitual offender is defined as a person who, within a five-year period, accumulates three convictions for any of the traffic offenses listed in ORS 484.705(l)(a). This list includes the crimes of reckless driving and of driving under the influence of intoxicants.

On July 1, 1974, defendant plead guilty to a charge of reckless driving. On June 17, 1975, he plead…