Crone, J.
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On November 15, 2014, a police officer stopped Burton’s vehicle for a burned-out headlight. The officer determined that Burton’s driving privileges were suspended as a habitual traffic violator. The State charged Burton with violating Indiana Code Section 9-30-10-16. …
Sometime thereafter, Burton signed a plea agreement in which he agreed to plead guilty as charged to a level 6 felony. The plea agreement contains the following language: “Total sentence of 545 days. Credit time. Remainder suspended on supervised probation. Defendant’s license suspension open to argument. No AMS [alternative minimum sentencing, i.e., sentencing for a class A misdemeanor instead of a level 6 felony].” …
On December 14, 2015, the trial court held a guilty plea and sentencing hearing. Burton argued that his driving privileges could not be forfeited for life under Indiana Code Section 9-30-10-16(c) because that subsection of the statute had been repealed, and he further argued that the trial court could suspend his driving privileges for a maximum of two and one-half years pursuant to a statute that was enacted after he committed the offense. The trial court disagreed. … At Burton’s request, the trial court stayed entry of judgment so that Burton could perfect an interlocutory appeal on the lifetime suspension issue, which he did.
The gist of Burton’s argument is that the lifetime forfeiture provision of Indiana Code Section 9-30-10-16(c) does not apply to him because it was repealed after he committed the offense and before he was sentenced. As a general rule, the law in effect when a crime was committed is controlling. Collins v. State, 911 N.E.2d 700, 708 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009), trans. denied. There are exceptions to this rule, but Burton does not assert, let alone offer any cogent argument, that any of those exceptions apply here. Therefore, we affirm the trial court’s determination that the statute’s lifetime forfeiture provision applies to Burton and remand with instructions to enter judgment accordingly.
Kirsch, J., and May, J., concur.