State v. Mears

The opinion of the court was delivered by Beier, J.:

This companion case to State v. Gensler , 308 Kan. ----, 423 P.3d 488, 2018 WL 3798387 (No. 112,523, this day decided), and State v. Fisher , 308 Kan. ----, 423 P.3d 528, 2018 WL 3803077 (No. 115,277, this day decided), involves defendant David S. Mears' sentence for driving under the influence (DUI), which was based on two prior convictions for DUI.

One of Mears' prior DUI convictions was a Wichita Municipal Court conviction. Mears argues that the Wichita DUI cannot be used to enhance his current state DUI sentence because the Wichita…