By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 5, 2012//
By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 5, 2012//
Wisconsin Court of Appeals
Criminal
Motor Vehicles – OWI — right to jury trial — prior convictions
Lisa M. Arentz and Eric R. Hendricks appeal their convictions for third-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
Arentz and Hendricks pled no contest to third-offense OWI after the denial of their motions seeking that the State prove all of the elements of their prior OWI violations during their jury trials on their third OWI offenses. We consolidated their cases as they raised identical challenges to the constitutionality of Wisconsin’s OWI statutes, and we affirm. This opinion will not be published.
2011AP2307-CR, 2012AP243-CR State v. Arentz, et al.
Dist II, Winnebago County, Gritton, J., Reilly, J.
Attorneys: For Appellant: Carroll, John M., Appleton; For Respondent: Weber, Gregory M., Madison; Levin, Adam Joseph, Oshkosh