Beldon v. State

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• holding that defendant’s conviction for felony OWI, which was elevated to a felony due to a prior OWI conviction, could be further enhanced under the habitual substance offender statute because that statute included the requisite explicit legislative direction
• holding that defendant’s conviction for felony OWI, which was elevated to a felony due to a prior OWI conviction, could be further enhanced under the habitual substance offender statute because that statute included the requisite explicit legislative direction
• “In Mills, the initial charge had been elevated using a progressive penalty statute.” (citation omitted)
• “In Mills, the initial charge had been elevated using a progressive penalty statute.” (citation omitted)
• one meaning of the requirement that the prior felonies be “unrelated” for habitual offender purposes is that the predicate felony is not part of the res gestae of the principal offense
• one meaning of the requirement that the prior felonies be \unrelated\ for habitual offender purposes is that the predicate felony is not part of the res gestae of the principal offense

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