State v. Chester

CLARK, Judge.

In State v. Teasley, 9 N.C. App. 477, 176 S.E. 2d 838, cert. denied, 277 N.C. 459, 177 S.E. 2d 900 (1970), this Court held that to convict for a violation of G.S. 20-28 (a) the State must prove: (1) the operation of a motor vehicle, (2) on a public highway, (3) while one’s operator’s license is suspended or revoked; and that when the Department complied with the procedure (G.S. 20-48) as to notice of suspension or revocation of operator’s license, such compliance constituted constructive notice to the defendant that his license had been suspended or revoked. Judge Mallard, for…