Legal Opinion
State v. Thomas
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided October 29, 1997No. CR97-505PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JjCOOKS, Judge.
The trial court granted defendant’s Motion to Quash the bill of information charging him with Third Offense DWI finding an insufficient factual basis existed in the record to accept Thomas’ prior “No contest” pleas. We find the lower court legally erred.
FACTS
On May 21, 1990, Leonard W. Thomas appeared before Lake Charles City Court for arraignment on a DWI First Offense charge. Thomas, without counsel, pled “no contest” to the charge. At that time,, the court asked Thomas if he understood the charge, to which Thomas responded affirmatively. The court informed Thomas of his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. StrainSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1991
- State v. LinearLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1992
- State v. BowieLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1997
- State v. MakarLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
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3Cited by2 opinions
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