STATE v. RUIZ

No. 94-KA-0541.

647 So.2d 1317 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana v. Lawrence P. RUIZ.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 15, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty. of Orleans Parish, Susan M. Erlanger, Asst. Dist. Atty. of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, for plaintiff/appellee.

Linda Nuss, New Orleans, for defendant/appellant.

Before WARD, JONES and WALTZER, JJ.


WALTZER, Judge.

Lawrence P. Ruiz was charged by bill of information with vehicular homicide, a violation of La.R.S. 14:32.1. After a jury trial, Ruiz was found guilty as charged; he was sentenced to serve fifteen years at hard labor as a second offender under La.R.S. 15:529.1.

He appealed and this Court affirmed his conviction but vacated his sentence and remanded the case for resentencing in accordance with the...

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