Case ID: so2d_410/html/0235-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "BLANCHE, J.,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

STATE of Louisiana v. William N. NEWMAN, Sr.
    No. 80-K-2575.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Nov. 27, 1981.
   In re William N. Newman, Sr., applying for writs of certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus. Parish of Ouachita. No. 39396.

Ruling denying motion to quash information for DWI 3 is remanded on ground that the June 8, 1977 conviction for DWI 2 is invalid under State v. Jones, 404 So.2d 1192 (La.1981). Case remanded.

BLANCHE, J.,

would deny as to plea # 1 as it was properly Boykinized. As to plea # 2 this writer would grant and write on issue of whether defendant could under statute waive his right to be present and authorize his counsel to enter plea for him without violating Boykin.

WATSON, J., dissents.