Mitchell v. State, Department of Public Safety, License Control & Driver Improvement Division

HALL, Chief Judge.

On October 15, 1981, plaintiff, James G. Mitchell, III, was adjudicated to be a habit*923ual traffic offender by the district court and pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offender Law, LSA-R.S. 32:1471 et seq., in particular LSA-R.S. 32:1477, was prohibited from operating a motor vehicle in this state. At the time of plaintiff's adjudication, LSA-R.S. 32:1479 provided that no license to operate a motor vehicle would be issued to a habitual offender until certain requirements were met, including the requirement that a period of five years had elapsed since the date of the…