Court Opinion

ID: 7744863
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:08:29.503011+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:00.318098
License: Public Domain

I dissent. I believe this Court's decision in Ex parte Parker,740 So.2d 432 (Ala. 1999), is incorrect. When I served on the Court of Criminal Appeals, I concurred in that Court's decision in the Parker
case, holding that proof of the three prior DUI offenses was a material element of the offense of felony DUI. Parker v. State, 740 So.2d 421,423-24 (Ala.Crim.App. 1996). See also McDuffie v. State, 712 So.2d 1118
(Ala.Crim.App. 1997). I continue to believe the Court of Criminal Appeals' decision in Parker was correct. Therefore, I must dissent.