STATE v. STRAIN

No. 90-K-2464.

585 So.2d 540 (1991)

STATE of Louisiana v. Porter Allen STRAIN.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Simmons, Jr., James H. Looney, Office of Public Defender, for applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Walter Philip Reed, Dist. Atty., William R. Campbell, New Orleans, for respondent.


LEMMON, Justice.

The only issue in this review of defendant's conviction of driving while intoxicated, third offense (DWI-3), is whether defendant, at his guilty plea to the predicate offense of driving while intoxicated, second offense (DWI-2), knowingly and intelligently waived his right to counsel.

In a pretrial proceeding on the DWI-3 charge, defendant objected to the use of his DWI-2 conviction on the basis that his guilty plea had been entered without...

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