Legal Opinion

State v. Severe

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided January 12, 2010No. SC 89948Published

1Opinion of the Court

307 S.W.3d 640 (2010)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent,

v.

Vanessa J. SEVERE, Appellant.

No. SC 89948.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

January 12, 2010.

Nancy A. McKerrow, Office of the Public Defender, Columbia, MO, for appellant.

Chris Koster, Attorney General, Richard A. Starnes, Asst. Attorney General, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.

MICHAEL A. WOLFF, Judge.

Vanessa Severe was charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) and, because of two prior offenses, she was charged as a persistent offender. The persistent offender statute—which raises the offense from a misdemeanor to a class D felony—…

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2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  3. Lockhart v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  4. Bifulco v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. State v. WoodSupreme Court of Missouri · 1980

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