WRIT GRANTED AND MADE PEREMPTORY:
The convictions are reversed for errors patent on the face of the record. Because the charges for aggravated assault and driving while intoxicated were not joined in a single bill of information, the provisions of La.C.Cr.P. art. 493.1 do not apply. Relator was exposed to and, in fact, received a sentence in excess of six months imprisonment. Therefore, pursuant to La.C.Cr.P. art. 779, relator was entitled to a trial by jury.
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