Nebraska Supreme Court February 7, 2014, S-11-023 (State v. Castaneda)

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STATE v. CASTANEDA 289

Cite as 287 Neb. 289

defendant’s prior conviction may be used for purposes of sen-

tence enhancement.

Thus, although our reasoning differs somewhat from that of

the district court, we agree with its conclusion that collateral

estoppel did not bar the use of Bruckner’s 1999 and 2001 DUI

convictions as two of the three prior convictions necessary to