STATE INTEREST OF McCONNELL

No. 13659.

364 So.2d 1054 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of Faye Doris McCONNELL.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker, Culpepper & Brunson by J. Michael McDonald, Jonesboro, for defendant-appellant.

Leon H. Whitten, Dist. Atty., Jonesboro, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BOLIN, HALL and JONES, JJ.


BOLIN, Judge.

Faye Doris McConnell, a fourteen year old female, was adjudicated a delinquent based upon the finding that she committed manslaughter. The juvenile court ordered her committed to the Louisiana Department of Corrections for an indefinite period of time not to exceed her twenty-first birthday. She appeals and questions the validity of the commitment order. We affirm.

Subject to certain exceptions, juvenile courts have exclusive jurisdiction over...

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