OPINION
PICKARD, Judge.
1. These cases raise the question of whether a conviction from a prior criminal proceeding, where an indigent defendant's waiver of counsel lacked the countersignature of a district public defender, is valid to enhance a later conviction. This is an issue of first impression, and we consolidate the cases. We hold that such a waiver is valid.
2. Defendant Pino was indicted by a grand jury for one count of driving while...
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