State v. Rich

The defendant, Ronald Rich, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Vermont, Franklin Circuit, to three traffic violations, his seventh, eighth, and ninth, since the effective date of 23 V.S.A. § 673(a), the “habitual offender” statute. The statute directs the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to impose a two-year license suspension upon any person who has been convicted of eight moving traffic violations within a five year period. The defendant was convicted of the above offenses in July, September, and November of 1972. In August, 1973, he moved to set aside these convictions on the basis that…