Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Nathaniel WILLIAMS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1987-02-26
Citations: 502 So. 2d 1388
Docket Number: No. 86-KA-1961
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Nathaniel WILLIAMS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 502
Pages: 1388–1389

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana v. Nathaniel WILLIAMS.
No. 86-KA-1961.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 26, 1987.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., Michael McMahon, Rockne Moseley, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellant.
Clyde Darrow Merritt, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The ruling of the trial court granting defendant's motion to quash is vacated, and this case is remanded for all further proceedings in accord with the law. The failure of the legislature to provide a "cleansing period" limiting the use of prior convictions for the same offense in recidivist prosecutions under R.S. 40:966(D), does not deprive the accused of due process or the equal protection of the law. See, State v. Forrest, 439 So.2d 404 (La.1983).
JUDGMENT REVERSED; CASE REMANDED.