State v. Balsano

11 The state has charged defendant with a violation of La.R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, fourth offense, on the basis of three prior guilty pleas to driving under the influence conducted in a single proceeding on August 10, 2004, in Tennessee. Defendant moved to quash the bill of information on grounds that the available contemporaneous records of the pleas, ie., the transcript of the guilty plea colloquy conducted by the trial judge with defendant, revealed that the trial court had failed to advise him of his privilege against self-incrimination, and that the pleas were…