State v. Holland

Justice Ingrid Gustafson delivered the Opinion of the Court.

***96¶1 Kena Annette Holland (Holland) appeals the Order on Defendant's Appeal issued by the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark ***97County, on May 17, 2017. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

Did the Justice Court err by permitting the State to introduce evidence of the Defendant's prior DUI convictions in an Aggravated DUI trial?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On August 14, 2016, Kristen Blyseth (Blyseth), an employee at McDonald's, called Helena police to report a…