Trumbly v. State

OPINION

Judge ALLARD.

A jury convicted David Henry Trumbly Jr. of driving under the influence and refusal to submit to a chemical test. At sentencing, the court initially imposed the mandatory minimum fine of $1,500 for each offense concurrent to one another. A few days later, the court amended the judgment to impose the fines consecutively (for a total fine of $3,000) after the State argued that the court had no authority to impose the fines concurrently.

Trumbly now appeals, arguing that the original judgment was a valid final judgment and the court's actions therefore violated the prohibition…