State v. Adams

BOLIN, Justice.

Mark Dewayne Adams was indicted for felony driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”) after having been convicted three or more times of DUI, a violation of § 32-5A-191(h), Ala.Code 1975.1 Before trial, his counsel presented oral motions based on the following arguments: (1) that the circuit court did not have jurisdiction because the current offense was not a felony due to the fact that three of Adams’s four prior DUI convictions were in the municipal court; (2) that, if the circuit court did have jurisdiction, three of the four prior convictions could not be used to…