State v. Breland

| .WHIPPLE, J.

The defendant, Cedric Breland, Jr., was charged by bill of information with one count of third offense driving while intoxicated (DWI), a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98. The predicate offenses alleged were a November 27, 1996 guilty plea to first offense DWI under Ascension Parish docket # 232827 (predicate # 1), and a March 25, 1998 guilty plea to first offense DWI under Ascension Parish docket # 249547 (predicate # 2). The defendant moved to quash, attacking the sufficiency of predicate # 1 to enhance the instant offense. Following a hearing, the trial court denied the motion to…