State v. Gomez

KEATY, Judge.

| defendant, Ulises Gomez, appeals the trial court’s judgment denying his Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Subjiciendum. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand with instructions.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On May 12, 2012, Defendant, admittedly an alien student and/or a nonresident alien, operated a vehicle in Lafayette Parish without documentation showing he was lawfully present in the United States. Defendant was subsequently charged by bill of information with operation of a vehicle without documentation demonstrating a lawful presence in the United States, a violation of La.R.S.…