State v. Keller

Lawrence Keller appeals his conviction and sentence for vehicular assault and felony hit and run. He contends that the trial court erroneously sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under the Persistent Offender Accountability Act (POAA). Specifically, he claims that because his prior two convictions for “most serious offenses” were committed before July 1, 1986, and served concurrently, those offenses only count as one, not two, for the purposes of the POAA. We hold that Keller’s two prior convictions count as two offenses for the purposes of the POAA. We also…