State v. Benoit

MARCUS, Justice.

John Nelson Benoit was charged by bill of information as a fourth offender in the Fifteenth Judical District Court for the Parish of Lafayette for operating a motor vehicle on a public highway on November 30, 1973 while under the influence of alcoholic beverages in violation of the provisions of R.S. 14:98. After trial by a jury of twelve, he was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, fourth offense. Defendant was subsequently sentenced as a fourth offender to fifteen years at hard labor. On this appeal, he relies upon one assignment of error for reversal…