State v. Cook

ROBERTS, Justice.

[¶ 1] David Cook appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Cole, J.) convicting him of operating an automobile under the influence of intoxicating liquors (OUI), second offense, in violation of 29-A M.R.S.A. § 2411 (1996 & Supp.1997). Cook contends that the use of his prior uncounseled OUI conviction to obtain the mandatory minimum imprisonment provided in section 2411(5)(B)(2) 1 violates his right to due process of law. 2 We affirm the judgment.

[¶ 2] In May 1993 Cook was convicted in the District Court (Portland, MacNichol, J.) of OUI, first…