324 So. 2d 867 - State v. Rone’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"§ 1472 ... "A. A habitual offender shall be any person .. 27 whose record .. in the office of the Department of Public Safety shows that such person has accumulated the convictions for separate and distinct offenses described in the following Paragraphs (1) and (2) ... committed during a five year period ..." "(1) Three or more convictions .. of any of the following * * * "(b) Operating or attempting to operate while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, operating or attempting to operate while impaired by the use of intoxicating liquor or drugs or operating or attempting to operate while intoxicated by the use of intoxicating liquor or drugs; * * * * * * "(2) Ten or more convictions ... involving moving violations ... Such convictions shall include those offenses enumerated in Paragraph (1)... "B. The offenses included in Subsection A shall be deemed to include offenses under any federal law, any law of another state or any ... city or county ordinance of another state substantially conforming to the aforesaid state statutory provision." "§ 1473. Department of public safety to certify record to court "The Department of Public Safety shall certify the conviction record as maintained in its office of any person whose record brings him within the definition of a habitual offender * * * Such abstract shall be competent evidence. . ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lattier