State v. Winters

COATS, Chief Judge.

Ralph M. Winters III and David S.J. Goodmanson pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated (DWI) in violation of AS 28.35.030 on January 24, 1996, and February 22, 1996, respectively. Winters had three prior convictions for DWI, from 1990, 1993 *55and 1994. Goodmanson also had three prior convictions for DWI, one in 1990 and two in 1992.

At the time of Winters’ and Goodmanson’s 1996 convictions, AS 28.35.030(n) provided:(n) A person is guilty of a class C felony if the person is convicted of driving while intoxicated and has been previously convicted two or more times. For…