State Ex Rel. Collins v. Udall

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• holding that a prior DWI conviction, the existence of which merely increased the punishment for subsequent DWI convictions under previous Arizona law, did not constitute an element of the offense, and thus the trial court could bifurcate the defendant's DWI trial
• holding that a prior DWI conviction, the existence of which merely increased the punishment for subsequent DWI convictions under previous Arizona law, did not constitute an element of the offense, and thus the trial court could bifurcate the defendant’s DWI trial
• a prior conviction may increase the punishment for a repeat offender but it does not, by itself, create a different crime.

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