State v. Dennison

Defendant appeals from an order declaring him to be an habitual traffic offender. ORS 484.705(1)(a). He contends that the state failed to comply with the notice requirements of ORS 484.7151 and that the giving of such a notice by the state is a condition precedent to a determination that he is an habitual traffic offender. He further argues that he was denied both his right to counsel and his right to trial by jury. We affirm.

When defendant appeared in response to the District Attorney’s habitual traffic offender complaint,2 he entered into a colloquy with the trial judge which indicated that…