Sams v. State

OPINION

FRIEDLANDER, Judge.

Following a jury'trial, Casey Sams was convicted of Operating a Motor Vehicle After His Driving Privileges Were Forfeited For Life,1 a class C felony, Operating a Vehicle While Intoxicated (OWI),2 a class D felony because he had a previous OWI conviction within the five years immediately preceding the offense, and Public Intoxication,3 a class B misdemeanor. The trial court bifurcated Sams’s trial, and the jury was not asked to determine whether Sams was guilty of OWI as a class D felony until after it had initially determined that Sams was guilty of OWI as a class A…