State v. Mercer

The appellant, James A. Mercer, was convicted in the municipal court of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, of the crime of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-669.07 (Cum. Supp. 1982). The complaint alleged that this was Mercer’s fourth offense for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor. On March 14, 1983, upon being arraigned in the municipal court of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, a plea of not guilty was entered. Thereafter, Mercer reappeared in court with his counsel and, with the court’s…