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Cr01-923 (2442 words) |
 | From the date of passage of Act 1077 of 1999, a conviction of a DWI offense would be enhanced by the showing of a prior DWI conviction within five years of the date of the occurrence of the new offense. |
| We upheld the law, reasoning that the enhanced penalty "is not for the first or second offense, but is for the third offense, which is considered as aggravated by reason of the preceding offenses." Id. |
| He repeated the DWI offense on February 26, 2000, thereby subjecting himself to an enhanced sentence under the 1999 amendment, which was in effect at the time of his second offense. |
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