Israel Cruz v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Israel Cruz has never held an Indiana driver’s license, and he has multiple convictions of operating a vehicle having never received a license. In 2011, the BMV determined that Cruz was a habitual traffic violator (“HTV”) and sent notice of an HTV suspension to 3518 Steer Street in Indianapolis. Cruz was subsequently pulled over for speeding while the HTV suspension was in effect. Cruz was charged with operating a vehicle while suspended as an HTV. At Cruz’s bench trial, a Bureau of Motor Vehicles (“BMV”) employee testified that when a person who has never been…