Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2014

State v. Salter

State v. Salter
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 23, 2014 · Altenbernd, Wallace, Sleet
143 So. 3d 1049; 2014 WL 3613107; 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 11161 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

State v. Salter

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The State appeals the order dismissing the information charging Gary Salter with felony driving under the influence in violation of section 316.193(2)(b)(3), Florida Statutes (2012). At the hearing on the motion to dismiss, the State conceded that it could not prove that Salter’s prior misdemeanor DUI convictions were the result of counseled pleas. See State v. Kelly, 999 So.2d 1029, 1052 (Fla. 2008) (“[T]he State may not, consistent with our state Constitution, impose deprivation of liberty as a penalty upon a defendant based on prior misdemeanor convictions, unless the defendant was either provided with counsel or validly waived that right.”). Because it was within the circuit court’s discretion to divest itself of jurisdiction over the surviving misdemeanor DUI, we affirm. See Woodbury v. State, 110 So.3d 17, 18-19 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013) (explaining that once the felony DUI charge was dismissed and the information refiled in county court, the *1050 circuit and county courts had concurrent jurisdiction over the misdemeanor DUI).

Affirmed.

ALTENBERND, WALLACE, and SLEET, JJ., Concur.

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