Title: State v. Porter

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

STATE_V_PORTER.94-215; 164 Vt 515; 671 A.2d 1280

[Filed 05-Jan-1996]

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                                 No. 94-215


State of Vermont                                  Supreme Court

                                                  On Appeal from
     v.                                           District Court of Vermont
                                                  Unit No. 2, Addison Circuit

Donald L. Porter                                  September Term, 1995


Edward J. Cashman, J.

       Robert L. Sand, Department of State's Attorneys, Montpelier, for
  plaintiff-appellee

       Robert Appel, Defender General, and William A. Nelson, Appellate
  Defender, Montpelier, for defendant-appellant


PRESENT:  Allen, C.J., Gibson, Dooley, Morse and Johnson, JJ.


       GIBSON, J.   Defendant Donald L. Porter appeals the imposition of a
  felony sentence following his conviction for driving under the influence of
  intoxicating liquor (DUI), third offense.  23 V.S.A. § 1210(d).  Defendant
  argues that the use of a prior, uncounseled DUI conviction to support a
  felony third-offense sentence violates his federal and state constitutional
  rights to counsel and is barred by our decision in State v. Lafountain, 160
  Vt. 313, 316,