Opinion
85-2075-NJ-2; CA A36848
Argued and submitted January 17, 1986.
Affirmed August 13, 1986.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County, Loren L. Sawyer, Judge
Carlyle F. Stout III, Medford, argued the cause and filed the brief for appellant.
Thomas H. Denney, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Dave Frohnmayer, Attorney General, and James E. Mountain, Jr., Solicitor General, Salem.
Before Richardson, Presiding Judge, and Warden and Newman, Judges.
PER CURIAM
Affirmed.
Petitioner brought this action for post-conviction relief to set aside his conviction for driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUII). In his petition, he asserted that he should be able to withdraw his plea of guilty, on which the conviction was based, because the trial court inadequately informed him of the consequences of his plea. He argued that the court's failure to inform him that his DUII sentence could be imposed consecutively with his sentence on a charge of driving while suspended (DWS), to which he had previously pied guilty, rendered his plea of guilty to the DUII involuntary. The post-conviction court dismissed his petition and he appeals. We affirm.
Petitioner failed to meet his burden of proof in the post-conviction hearing, because he failed to testify that he had no independent knowledge that his sentence on his DUII conviction could be consecutive with his sentence on his DWS conviction. Stelts v. State of Oregon, 299 Or. 252, 256, 701 P.2d 1047 (1985). As to petitioner's claim under the United States Constitution, it is without merit. Barbee v. Ruth, 678 F.2d 634 (5th Cir), cert den 459 U.S. 867 (1982).
Affirmed.