State v. Welch

[¿The defendant, Dennis M. Welch, was charged by amended bill of information with one count of fourth-offense operating a vehicle while intoxicated1 (DWI), a violation of LSA-R.S. 14:98, and pled not guilty. Following a bench trial, the defendant was found guilty as charged. He was fined $5,000.00 and sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor, with the first two years of the sentence to be served without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence. He now appeals, contending the trial court: (1) abused its discretion in denying the motion to suppress AIT Laboratories’…