State v. Brown

Defendants appeal felony sentences imposed following convictions for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor (DUI), third offense. 23 V.S.A. § 1210(d). Defendants contest the use *81of their prior uncounseled DUI convictions to support the felony third-offense sentences on two grounds: (1) that enhancing third-offense sentences based on prior uncounseled convictions violates the right to counsel under the federal and state constitutions; and (2) that prior uncounseled convictions in which defendants received suspended sentences violate our decision in State v. DeRosa, 161 Vt. 78, 633…