Hazelwood v. State

OPINION

MATHIAS, Judge.

Timothy Ladana Hazelwood (“Hazel-wood”) filed a petition in Marion Circuit Court seeking to rescind the lifetime suspension of his driving privileges. The trial court denied the petition, concluding that Indiana Code sections 9-30-10-14 and 9-30-10-15 prohibited it from reinstating Hazelwood’s driving privileges because he had been convicted of Class C felony operating a vehicle after his license had been forfeited for life. On appeal, Hazelwood *41claims that this statutory provision is unconstitutional as applied to him. Concluding that driving is a privilege and not a…