ORDER
WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEEMPTORY:
Relator was charged by separate affidavits with committing second offense DWI and improper lane usage. Consequently, he was exposed to a maximum sentence of greater than six months. La. R.S. 14:98(C); La.R.S. 32:57; 32:79. Under our law, relator was entitled to a jury trial. La. Const. Art. 1, § 17; La.C.Cr.P. art. 779.
The state moved to sever the charges at the commencement of trial. Before the trial...
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