The opinion of the Court was delivered by O'HERN, J.
The question in this case is whether the assertion that a prior guilty plea to a charge of driving while intoxicated (DWI) was without the advice of counsel prevents the imposition of enhanced penalties on a second DWI conviction.
There are two aspects of our analysis. The first is constitutional analysis of the limits on a state's power to impose recidivist penalties on the basis of uncounseled convictions...
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