Peters v. State

David Newbern, Justice.

George Allen Peters was charged with violation of Ark. Stat. Ann. § 75-2503 (Supp. 1983). The information alleged a felony offense of driving while intoxicated and recited that Peters had been convicted of DWI on three occasions. A jury convicted Peters of the offense charged, and he was sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen months and fined $5,000.

We must reverse this conviction for two reasons. First, there was insufficient evidence that Peters was assisted by counsel in one of the three prior convictions alleged. Secondly, the court did not allow the jury to…