State v. Lantaigne

In this proceeding under the habitual offender act, RSA ch. 262-B, to revoke the defendant’s driving license, the issues are whether the proceeding is civil or criminal, whether a prior conviction relied upon was invalid because of lack of counsel, and whether it can be found that defendant “wilfully” operated without a valid license within the meaning of RSA 262-B: 2 I (Supp. 1972). We uphold the finding of the trial court that defendant is a habitual offender.

The matter was submitted to the trial court on the information, the answer and photocopies of the complaints pertaining to the…