Ostlund v. State

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted William B. Ostlund of felony driving while intoxicated (DWI)1 and driving with a revoked operator’s license.2 He raises two issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial judge erred when she denied his motion to bifurcate the trial so the jury would not hear evidence of his prior convictions before deliberating on the current DWI allegation and (2) whether the trial judge erred in failing to give a jury instruction regarding photographs he contends the police might have taken at the scene of his alleged offense. We reverse Ostlund’s convictions because we…