State v. Sonnier

KNOLL, Judge.

The defendant, Betty Sonnier aka Betty Girard, appeals her conviction for driving while intoxicated (third offense), a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98(D). Defendant was tried by judge alone, and was found guilty as charged. The trial court sentenced defendant to serve four and one-half years at hard labor.

Defendant perfected two assignments of error urging insufficiency of the evidence to support her conviction. However, we find an error patent on the face of the record and pretermit discussion of defendant’s assignments of error. LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 920(2).

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