State v. Jones

|SKUHN, J.,

concurring in part.

Defendant, Daniel J. Jones, was charged by bill of information with one count of fourth offense driving while intoxicated (hereinafter “DWI-fourth offense”), in violation of La. R.S. 14:9s.1 The offense was alleged to have occurred on June 29, 2002. Defendant entered a plea of not guilty. After a trial by a jury, defendant was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment at hard labor, without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence. In addition the trial court imposed a fine of $5,000.00 and ordered defendant’s vehicle…