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STATE v. BELL

Nos. 64574, 65227.

377 So.2d 303 (1979)

STATE of Louisiana v. Jeffrey Wayne BELL. STATE of Louisiana v. Felton ROBERTS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

November 12, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Wilson, Sr., Wilson & Veatch, Shreveport, for defendant-relator, Jeffrey Wayne Bell, No. 64574.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Paul J. Carmouche, Dist. Atty., Sonia D. Peters, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-respondent in No. 64574.

Preston N. Aucoin, Villa Platte, for defendant-appellee in No. 65227.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. William Pucheu, Dist. Atty., A. Bruce Rozas, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellant in No. 65227.

LANDRY, Justice Ad Hoc.

These consolidated cases involve constitutional attack on L.S.A.-R.S. 14:80, commonly known as the Louisiana carnal knowledge of a juvenile law, on ground that the statute sanctions sex discrimination proscribed by La.Const.1974, Article 1, Section 3, and also violates the equal protection clauses of La.Const.1974, Article 1, Section 3, and the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution.

In Bell, defendant's motion...

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