State of Tennessee v. William Waylon Hanson

Defendant, William Waylon Hanson, was indicted for one count of violating the Motor Vehicle Habitual Offenders Act, Tenn. Code Ann. section 55-10-616. Defendant entered a no contest plea to the charge and was sentenced by agreement to serve two years to be suspended on probation after 90 days. Pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 37, Defendant reserved as a certified question of law the issue of whether Defendant could have been convicted of driving in  violation of the Act more than three years after the order was entered declaring him to be an  habitual offender. After reviewing the record on appeal and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the  judgment of the trial court.