Jenkins v. State

Jack Holt Jr.,

Chief Justice. The appellant, Mitchell Jenkins, was charged by information with the offense of DWI 4th Offense, and he initially pled not guilty. Prior to trial, Jenkins filed a “motion in limine to suppress use of prior [DWI] conviction for lack of proper waiver of counsel.” Thereafter, the trial court found that Jenkins had intelligently, knowingly, and voluntarily effected the waiver of counsel.

Later, Jenkins pled guilty to the charge of DWI 4th Offense pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 24.3(b), under the assumption that it allowed him to enter a conditional plea of guilty by…