SCHOTT, Chief Judge.
We grant certiorari in order to consider the validity of a ruling by the trial court finding defendant not guilty of being an habitual offender.
Defendant was convicted of distribution of cocaine in violation LSA-R.S. 40:967(A) and originally sentenced to ten years. Pursuant to the Habitual Offender Law, R.S. 15:529.1, the state filed an information accusing defendant of a previous conviction of simple burglary. Although the state proved...
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