State v. Jensen

SEVERSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] William Jensen was charged with fourth offense driving under the influence. He filed a motion to strike one of his three prior driving under the influence convictions. Jensen argued that because the magistrate court relied on a statement-of-rights form to establish the voluntariness of his guilty plea, that prior conviction is invalid for sentence-enhancement purposes. The trial court denied Jensen’s motion to strike, concluding that the statement-of-rights form was an adequate record of voluntariness. We affirm.

Background

[¶ 2.] On April 2, 2010, Rapid City Police…