STATE v. SONNIER

No. K95-1103.

679 So.2d 1011 (1996)

STATE of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. James A. SONNIER, Defendant-Relator.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

August 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Richard Bryant Jr., Paul Peter Reggie, Robert C. McCorquodale, Lake Charles, for State of Louisiana.

Kenneth E. Badon, Michael R. Garber, Lake Charles, for James A. Sonnier.

Before THIBODEAUX, COOKS, and AMY, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

The defendant-relator, James A. Sonnier, was arrested for driving while intoxicated. Because his blood alcohol level exceeded.10%, Sonnier's driver's license was administratively suspended under the provisions of La.R.S. 32:667 and 668, Louisiana's Implied Consent Law. He filed a motion to quash the bill of information on the ground that double jeopardy barred the prosecution for DWI because he had already been punished by the suspension of his...

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