State ex rel. Motor Vehicles Division v. Conforth

Defendant appeals from an order declaring him to be a habitual traffic offender within the meaning of ORS 484.700 to 484.750, contending that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the proceeding because the state did not allege in its complaint that it had given the notice provided by ORS 484.715.1 We affirm.

At the hearing on the order to show cause issued on the basis of the complaint, the state introduced certified copies of convictions of three traffic citations and the warning letter required by ORS 484.715. Defendant objected to the admission of the warning letter on the…