Municipality of Anchorage v. Brown

OPINION

On February 23, 1981, we granted this petition for review of an order of the district court dated November 12, 1980, dismissing a prosecution against respondent for driving while license suspended (DWLS). The district court held that the Alaska Department of Public Safety’s failure to give timely notice to respondent under AS 28.20.050 that his driver’s license would be suspended if he failed to show financial responsibility or contest liability for an accident in which he had been involved precluded subsequent suspension of his license.

We have concluded that the trial court erred and…