State v. Boutte

STOKER, Judge.

Defendant, Joseph C. Boutte, was charged by bill of information with the crime of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic beverages, third offense, a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98. Defendant was tried before a six-person jury which found him guilty as charged. The trial judge sentenced the defendant to three years at hard labor. Defendant appeals his conviction on the basis of five assignments of error: numbers 1, 3 and 5 concern the sufficiency of evidence and numbers 2 and 4 concern specific errors committed during the course of the trial.

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