State v. Callahan

These consolidated cases present the question whether the period of license revocation after a conviction of driving while intoxicated continues until the revokee regains his license or whether it terminates automatically at the end of the court-ordered period of license deprivation. We hold that the revocation continues in effect until the license is regained.

Defendants Robert Callahan and Russell Thornton were each convicted of driving while intoxicated. Callahan was found guilty of a violation of RSA 265:82 (1982) (now codified at RSA 265:82 (Supp. 1983)) in superior court on February 23,…