STATE v. DRIVER

No. 12818.

290 N.W.2d 856 (1980)

STATE of South Dakota, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Vance Dwight DRIVER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided April 9, 1980.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith A. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, for plaintiff and respondent; Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen., Pierre, on the brief.

Steve Miller, Sioux Falls, for defendant and appellant.


DUNN, Justice (on reassignment).

This is an appeal by defendant of his conviction for third offense DWI, a felony. Defendant contends that his two prior DWI guilty pleas were not entered intelligently and voluntarily and that the convictions based thereupon were unconstitutional and inadmissible as evidence at trial on the third offense charge. We affirm.

On April 12, 1979, the defendant was found guilty of driving while under the influence of alcoholic beverages...

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