On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 43A05-0805-CR-302
SULLIVAN, Justice.
The trial court used the same prior conviction to both elevate Clint Beldon's operating while intoxicated charge from a misdemeanor to a Class D felony and as a predicate offense for a habitual substance offender enhancement. While the general rule is that such "double enhancements" are not permitted absent explicit legislative direction, two of our decisions...
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