Court convicts drunk driver for violating prior ban, sentencing to suspended prison term and alcohol abstinence order.

The court convicted the defendant of driving while intoxicated and violating a previously effective driving ban, sentencing him to seven months of suspended imprisonment. The prosecution argued the defendant's history of alcohol-related offenses indicated addiction, while the defense did not contest the facts. The court upheld the conviction based on the new law applicable at the time of sentencing, which mandates a lifetime ban for recidivists, and imposed a three-year probation period with mandatory alcohol abstinence.