State v. P. Olson

¶1 Appellant, Paul Julius Olson (Olson), appeals the order of the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County, which determined that Olson’s Texas convictions for driving under the influence (DUI) constituted prior convictions for purposes of sentencing for his current Montana DUI conviction. We affirm and address the following issue:

¶2 Did the District Court err by determining that Olson’s Texas DUI convictions were sufficiently similar to constitute prior convictions under § 61-8-734(1)(a), MCA?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 On June 12, 2014, Olson was arrested for DUI by the…