State v. Renteria

In this proceeding under the Habitual Traffic Offenders Act, ORS 484.700 - 484.750, defendant appeals from the trial court’s order declaring him to be a habitual traffic offender. He was convicted of driving under the influence of intoxicants on April 18, 1977, and of the same crime on September 20, 1977; on June 8, 1978, he was convicted of driving while suspended. On June 4, 1981, a complaint seeking to declare him a habitual traffic offender was filed. Because more than two years had expired between defendant’s last conviction and the filing of the complaint in this proceeding, defendant…