Downs v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

On February 11, 1993, Mark Downs drove a motor vehicle while his blood-alcohol level was .157 percent and while his driver’s license was revoked from previous drunk driving convictions. Downs pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated (DWI), AS 28.35.-030(a), and to driving while his license was revoked (DWLR), AS 28.15.291(a). These offenses were Downs’s fifth DWI and his eleventh DWLR.

For the offense of driving while intoxicated, District Court Judge Peter G. Ashman sentenced Downs to 360 days in jail with 300 days suspended (60 days to serve). For the offense…