State v. Motl

SCOTT, Justice.

In State v. Nordstrom, 331 N.W.2d 901 (Minn.1983), we held in part that a prior *665misdemeanor DWI conviction based on an uncounseled guilty plea cannot be used to convert a subsequent DWI offense into a gross misdemeanor under Minn.Stat. § 169.121, subd. 3 (1982) absent a valid waiver of counsel on the record of the prior proceeding. In Nordstrom there was no record. In this case there was a record but defendant contends that the record was inadequate to satisfy the requirements of Minn.R.Crim.P. 15.02 and 15.03 and prior cases of this court dealing with waiver of counsel. We…