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State of North Dakota
v.
Michael H. Nowik, Defendant and Appellant
No. 20000149CA
Appeal from the District Court of Stark County, Southwest Judicial District, the Honorable Zane Anderson, Judge.
AFFIRMED.
Per Curiam.
James Allen Hope, Assistant State's Attorney, P.O. Box 130, Dickinson, N.D. 58602-0130, for plaintiff and appellee. Submitted on briefs.
Michael H. Nowik, P.O. Box 1162, Dickinson, N.D. 58602-1162, for defendant and appellant. Pro se.
State v. Nowik
[¶1] Michael Nowik appealed from a judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of driving a vehicle while his license to drive was under suspension. On this appeal, Nowik raises numerous issues alleging the State, through various public officials, has denied Nowik his constitutional rights to due process of law, to equal protection of the law, and to liberty free from oppressive intrusion. These issues are entirely unrelated to the charge of driving with a suspended license. Nowik concedes he was driving a vehicle without a valid driver's license, but he asserts he is immune from complying with the laws of this state.
[¶2] We conclude Nowik's issues are without merit. No person has a constitutional right to operate a motor vehicle on the roads of North Dakota without a valid driver's license. State v. Rohde, 1998 ND App 13, ¶ 1, 595 N.W.2d 603. The legislative requirement, under N.D.C.C. § 39-06-01, that every person who operates a motor vehicle on public roads must have a valid operator's license, does not constitute an impermissible infringement upon a citizen's constitutional right to travel. See City of Bismarck v. Stuart, 546 N.W.2d 366, 367 (N.D. 1996). We affirm Nowik's conviction under N.D.R.App.P. 35.1(a) (1) and (3).
| [¶3] | James H. O'Keefe, S.J. Gordon O. Hoberg, S.J. David W. Nelson, D.J. |