Court Opinion

ID: 9730367
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 15:10:18.200771+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:26:06.018499
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SULLIVAN, Judge,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I fully concur as to Issues One, Three and Four. I do not reach the question contained within Issue Two because the conviction under Count IV, Driving While an Habitual Traffic Offender, must be vacated.
The record clearly reflects that the convictions under Counts II and IV rested upon but a single act of operating the motor vehicle on February 21, 1988. It is not permissible to enter two separate convictions for the same act of operating. See Kelly v. State (1989), Ind., 539 N.E.2d 25.
The conviction under Count II and the three-year enhancement upon that conviction is properly affirmed. The conviction upon Count IV should be vacated.