State v. Iowa District Court for Clayton County

LAVORATO, Justice.

In this case the State asks us to determine whether the district court may properly order the issuance of a temporary restricted driver’s license (work permit) to a person who has been found by the court to be a habitual offender of the law against driving with a suspended license. We hold that the court may not and sustain the writ of certiorari.

Eldon Kenneth Lenth was convicted three times in five years of driving with a suspended license. On July 14, 1987, the district court, acting on the State’s petition, found Lenth to be a habitual offender under Iowa Code section…