Villa v. State

MOORE, Justice:

Hector A. Villa appeals the revocation of his driver’s license following the Superior Court’s declaration that he was an habitual offender of the motor vehicle laws of this State (21 Del.C., ch. 28). Villa argues that the procedure by which habitual offender status is determined is criminal in nature and a direct punishment for a traffic infraction. He also contends that the magistrate who accepted his latest guilty plea to a traffic offense failed to warn him (1) that he would be subject to further action as an habitual offender and (2) of the possible outcome of such…