Opinion ID: 1398182
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Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Prior DUI Convictions

Text: An investigation into this matter revealed that the appellant had twice pleaded nolo contendere to DUI in the State of Florida. At trial, the State introduced a notice to the sheriff of Volusia County, Florida indicating that Gary Simons was arrested on August 20, 1989 on charges of DUI, driving while license suspended and failure to maintain single lane. The notice further indicated that Gary Simons had pled nolo contendere to the DUI charge on October 11, 1989. [2] Though the sheriff's notice did not provide Gary Simons' date of birth or social security number, the attached booking report for Gary Kemper Simons indicated that his date of birth and social security number are August 21,1941 and XXX-XX-XXXX, respectively, which are identical to those of the appellant herein. Also attached to the sheriff's notice and the booking report were the three traffic citations corresponding to the three charges on which appellant was originally arrested. The State also introduced at trial a document identified as judgment and sentence, indicating that on July 26, 1993, Gary Simons entered a plea of nolo contendere to a second charge of DUI in Volusia County, Florida. This document indicated that Gary Simons was also charged with driving while license suspended, for which a nolle prosequi was entered, and with running a red light, which was dismissed. Though the judgment and sentence document did not include Gary Simons' date of birth, the attached booking report did, as did the attached traffic citations. [3] The date of birth of Gary Kemper Simons, as his name appears on these documents, was identical to that of the appellant herein. Furthermore, the booking report included Gary Kemper Simons' social security number which, likewise, is identical to the appellant's herein. As indicated above, the appellant was convicted of third offense DUI and of driving on a revoked license for DUI. It is from these convictions that appellant now appeals.