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STATE v. TASSIN

No. KA 08-752.

998 So.2d 278 (2008)

STATE of Louisiana v. Melvin TASSIN.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 5, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Harson, District Attorney, Allan P. Haney, Assistant District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee State of Louisiana.

Annette Fuller Roach, Louisiana Appellate Project, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant/Appellant Melvin Tassin.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, and BILLY HOWARD EZELL, Judges.

EZELL, Judge.

The State filed a bill of information under the Habitual Offender Law, La.R.S. 15:529.1, on October 15, 2007, alleging the Defendant, Melvin Taussin, was a third felony offender. An amended bill of information alleging the Defendant was a fourth felony offender was filed on March 10, 2008.

On March 10, 2008, the trial court explained the consequences of the habitual offender bill to the Defendant. After...

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