Boudreaux v. State, Department of Public Safety

COLE, Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether a habitual offender as defined in La.R.S. 32:1472 may obtain the restoration of his driving privileges by belatedly raising a defense to one of the predicate offenses which formed the basis of his adjudication as a habitual offender.

On April 7, 1982, judgment was rendered in State of Louisiana v. Edmond G. Boudreaux, (Number 64268 on the docket of the Twenty-first Judicial District), adjudging Boudreaux to be a habitual offender as defined in La.R.S. 32:1472. The predicate offenses supporting this adjudication included two D.W.I. convictions and…