Carter v. State

OPINION

Before BRYNER, C. J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ. PER CURIAM.

Marvin Carter was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs 1 (OMVI) after a bench trial before the district court in Fairbanks. Prior to sentencing the prosecutor informed the court that, according to a computer printout, Carter had two prior OMVI convictions in Arkansas, in 1974 and 1976. Accordingly the court sentenced Carter as a third offender, and included the three-year driver’s license revocation mandated for third offenders by AS 28.15.181. 2 Carter appealed to…