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State of Iowa
v.
Curtis Edward Hawkins
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Curtis Edward Hawkins
Attorney for the Appellee
Genevieve Reinkoester, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Daniel J. Rothman and Nicholas A. Carda
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Story County, James B. Malloy, District Associate Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered by Doyle, P.J., and Mullins and Greer, JJ. Opinion by Greer, J. (8 pages)
Without the benefit of legal counsel, Curtis Hawkins pled guilty to operating while intoxicated (OWI), first offense, in 2007. Hawkins pled guilty again in 2016 to a second offense OWI. After being charged with a third OWI, Hawkins learned the previous convictions for OWI served as grounds for enhanced punishment. On appeal, he challenges the use of his first, uncounseled conviction for OWI as an enhancement in this case. OPINION HOLDS: We agree with the State that Hawkins failed to show his prior waiver of counsel was not made competently, knowingly, and intelligently. So we affirm the trial court’s ruling.