State v. Brown

Webb Hubbell, Chief Justice.

Appellee Levert Brown was charged with violating Act 549 of 1983 [Ark. Stat. Ann. §§ 75-2501 — 75-2533 (Supp. 1983)], driving while intoxicated (D.W.I.), fourth offense. The Circuit Court granted appellee’s pre-trial motion to suppress evidence of his three prior D.W.I. convictions because in those earlier proceedings he was not represented by counsel. The court then refused to grant appellant’s motion to amend the charges against appellee to D. W.I., first offense, and granted appellee’s motion to dismiss the case. We affirm the suppression of the prior…