Summary
The Idaho Supreme Court held that a pardon removes the legal effects of a prior felony DUI conviction, including its use to enhance a subsequent DUI charge to a felony under Idaho Code section 18-8005(9). The Court reversed the district court’s order denying Brandon Lynn Winkler’s motion to dismiss and remanded for further proceedings.
Holdings
- A full pardon granted after conviction removes the penalties, disabilities, and other legal effects stemming from the conviction.
- A pardoned felony DUI conviction cannot be used to enhance a subsequent DUI charge to a felony under Idaho Code section 18-8005(9), because enhancement is an effect, disability, or collateral legal consequence stemming from the pardoned conviction.
Questions Presented
- Whether a prior felony DUI conviction pardoned by the Idaho Commission of Pardons and Parole may be used under Idaho Code section 18-8005(9) to enhance a subsequent DUI charge to a felony.
Disposition
reversed_and_remanded
Cases Cited (20)
- Aardema v. U.S. Dairy Sys., Inc., 147 Idaho 785, 789, 215 P.3d 505, 509 (2009)(followed)
- Budell v. Todd, 105 Idaho 2, 4, 665 P.2d 701, 703 (1983) (per curiam)(followed)
- CDA Dairy Queen, Inc. v. State Ins. Fund, 154 Idaho 379, 382, 299 P.3d 186, 189 (2013)(followed)
- Standlee v. State, 96 Idaho 849, 852, 538 P.2d 778, 781 (1975)(followed)
- Sweeney v. Otter, 119 Idaho 135, 139, 904 P.2d 308, 312 (1990)(followed)
- Leavitt v. Craven, 154 Idaho 661, 667, 302 P.3d 1, 7 (2012)(followed)
- McNeal v. Idaho Pub. Utils. Comm’n, 142 Idaho 685, 690-91, 132 P.3d 442, 447-48 (2006)(followed)
- City of Idaho Falls v. H-K Contractors, Inc., 163 Idaho 579, 582, 416 P.3d 951, 954 (2018)(followed)
- Payette River Prop. Owners Ass’n v. Bd. of Comm’rs of Valley Cnty., 132 Idaho 551, 557, 976 P.2d 477, 483 (1999)(followed)
- Ex Parte Prout, 12 Idaho 494, 498, 86 P. 275, 276 (1906)(followed)
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