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Puckett v. State

Citations

  • 843 N.E.2d 959
  • 2006 Ind. App. LEXIS 469
  • 2006 WL 648131

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  • concluding that merger was insufficient and remanding with instructions to vacate Class C misdemeanor operating while intoxicated conviction where it was a factually lesser included offense of Class D felony operating while intoxicated conviction
  • concluding that merger was insufficient and remanding with instructions to vacate Class C misdemeanor operating while intoxicated conviction where it was a factually lesser included offense of Class D felony operating while intoxicated conviction
  • holding the record was void of any evidence that the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waived his right to be represented by counsel at his sentencing hearing
  • applying limitation to consecutive sentences for OWI and HTV offenses and concluding that the sentence imposed by the trial court was “facially defective and in violation of express statutory authority”
  • “[I]t is well settled that sentencing is a critical stage of the proceedings at which a defendant is entitled to representation by counsel.”

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Judges: Riley, Kirsch, Robb

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