STATE v. YOUNGBLOOD

No. 26,722-KH.

647 So.2d 1388 (1994)

STATE of Louisiana, Respondent v. Nelson YOUNGBLOOD, Jr., Relator.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied March 17, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Indigent Defender Office by Stanley McDonald, for relator.

Richard Ieyoub, Atty. Gen., Paul Carmouche, Dist. Atty., and Catherine M. Estopinal, Asst. Dist. Atty., for respondent.

Before HIGHTOWER, BROWN and STEWART, JJ.


HIGHTOWER, Judge.

We granted this writ to consider relator's post-conviction relief application challenging the validity of his habitual offender adjudication. He contends that his felony conviction in Texas, where he appeared in proceedings as an adult after committing the crime of first degree burglary at age fifteen, should not constitute a predicate offense under Louisiana's Habitual Offender Law, LSA-R.S. 15:529.1. We reject this contention, recall the writ,...

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