Brodigan v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Daniel R. Brodigan was convicted of misdemeanor driving while intoxicated in 2003. 1 Because Brodigan had six prior convictions for this offense, he faced a mandatory minimum sentence of 360 days’ imprisonment under AS 28.36.030(b)(1)(F). But Brodigan argued that five of his prior convictions were constitutionally invalid and that, for this reason, these five convictions should not be counted when determining his mandatory minimum sentence.

The district court held that, whatever the potential flaws in Brodigan’s prior convictions, Brodigan had no right to attack those…