Question: what are habitual offender statutes?
Answer: The habitual offender law (La. R.S. 15:529.1), a law that allows a judge to impose a stiffer sentence on repeat offenders, is not a “three strikes, you're out” law, says Webster District Attorney Schuyler Marvin. “It's what we called graded, where the more offenses you have the severer the sentence,” he said.