Legal Opinion
State v. Laboy
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided June 15, 2015No. 169, 2014PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STRINE, Chief Justice:
I. INTRODUCTION
Andy Laboy was arrested in July 2012 and indicted on charges of driving under the influence. He pled guilty, admitting in his plea colloquy with the Superior Court and his plea agreement that he was eligible to be sentenced as a third-time offender under 21 Del. C. § 4177 (the “DUI statute”) because he had been convicted of two previous DUIs. The Superior Court nevertheless sentenced Laboy as a first-time offender. The State now appeals, arguing that the Superior Court erred in disregarding his first two DUI offenses.
We agree. The Superior Court did not…
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