State v. McGuire

EDWARDS, Judge.

Nancy A. McGuire was charged by bill of information with driving while intoxicated, third offense, in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98. Defendant pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury. She was sentenced to one year at hard labor, six months of which were to be served without benefit of parole, probation or suspension.

The record shows that on the night of Christmas Eve, 1984, Officer Barry Hebert of the Louisiana State Police was dispatched to an accident scene in Gray, Louisiana. He found a station wagon which had been struck in the right rear by defendant’s pickup truck.…