State v. Williams

Arnold-Burger, C.J.:

*1026 *389 To determine whether to sentence a driving under the influence (DUI) offender in Kansas to a misdemeanor, meaning one or fewer prior DUI convictions, or a felony, meaning two or more prior DUI convictions, the court must verify the number of prior convictions. A conviction is defined as including not only prior convictions under K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-1567 but also including "a violation of an ordinance of any city ... which prohibits the acts that [ K.S.A. 8-1567 ] prohibits." K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 8-1567(i)(1).

Timothy J. Williams was convicted of a felony DUI because he *390 had…