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STATE v. THOMAS

No. CR97-505.

702 So.2d 1151 (1997)

STATE of Louisiana v. Leonard THOMAS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

October 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Richard Bryant, Jr., Lake Charles, for State.

Clifford L. Newman, Lake Charles, for Leonard Thomas.

Before YELVERTON, COOKS and GREMILLION, JJ.

COOKS, Judge.

The trial court granted defendant's Motion to Quash the bill of information charging him with Third Offense DWI finding an insufficient factual basis existed in the record to accept Thomas' prior "No contest" pleas. We find the lower court legally erred.

FACTS

On May 21, 1990, Leonard W. Thomas appeared before Lake Charles City Court for arraignment on a DWI First Offense charge. Thomas, without counsel, pled "no contest" to the charge...

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