Tibbetts v. Secretary of State

ROBERTS, Justice.

Richard J. Tibbetts appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Kennebec County, affirming the decision of the Secretary of State that Tibbetts’s driving record brought him within the statutory definition of habitual offender, 29 M.R.S.A. § 2292 (Supp.1985). The sole issue that Tibbetts raised before the Administrative Hearing Examiner and before the Superior Court, he now presents on appeal. Tibbetts contends that our decision in State v. Freeman, 487 A.2d 1175 (Me.1985), precludes reliance on a civil OUI conviction in determining habitual offender status. Because we…