3. Jail always applies to criminal driving while suspended, Laurick application denied State v. Konecny, Appellate Division, Per Curiam. Defendant appealed his sentence for fourth-degree operating a motor vehicle during a period of license suspension, N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26(b). In 1986 and 1999, defendant was convicted of driving while under the influence, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50. He was convicted in 2016 of refusing to submit to testing, N.J.S.A. 39:4-50.4a, and his driver's license was suspended for two years. While his license was suspended, he was stopped three separate times for driving with a suspended license. On April 16, 2018, defendant pled guilty to three charges of operating a motor vehicle during a period of license suspension, N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26(b). For each offense, defendant acknowledged that at the time he operated his vehicle, he knew his license was suspended. Defendant sought post-conviction relief (PCR) regarding the 1999 DWI and 2016 refusal conviction pursuant to State v. Laurick, 120 N.J. 1 (1990), arguing an uncounseled prior DWI conviction could not be used to increase a custodial term for subsequent DWI convictions. Defendant was granted PCR relief for both convictions on the basis that a DWI conviction may not be used to enhance any subsequent conviction of N.J.S.A 39:3-40 or N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26 pursuant to Laurick. On October 23, 2018, defendant was sentenced on the driving while suspended offenses to concurrent terms of two years' probation and 180 days in jail with 180 days of parole ineligibility on each offense, plus appropriate fines and penalties. The trial judge rejected defendant's request that he apply Laurick on the N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26(b) charges. The judge found Laurick was inapplicable as N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26 was a mandatory minimum sentence, and not an enhanced sentence. On appeal, the court affirmed the lower court's decision. The court found Laurick did not apply to convictions under N.J.S.A. 2C:40-26. 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