TATE, Justice.
The issue is whether a motorist is barred by a plea of guilty from raising the constitutional issue that he cannot be sent to the state penitentiary system because he was without counsel on his first two DWI convictions. We hold that, despite his plea of guilty, he may not be imprisoned at hard labor in violation of the state and federal constitutions.
On April 24, 1974, the defendant pleaded guilty to the offense of driving while intoxicated...
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