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STATE v. PERIQUE

Nos. 83-KA-1039, 83-KA-1048.

439 So.2d 1060 (1983)

STATE of Louisiana v. Raymond PERIQUE. STATE of Louisiana v. Christopher E. LEWIS.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

October 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harry F. Connick, Dist. Atty., John H. Craft, Joanne Marier, Clifford R. Strider, III, Asst. Dist. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Craig Colwart, Dwight Doskey, Tilden H. Greenbaum, Orleans Indigent Defender Program, New Orleans, for defendants-appellants.

BLANCHE, Justice*.

These two cases were consolidated on appeal because they involve an identical issue: the constitutionality of R.S. 13:1570 A(5), which permits certain juveniles charged with certain enumerated offenses to be tried and sentenced as adults.1

FACTS

On February 15, 1982, Christopher Lewis, then 16, was arrested along with a sixteen year-old female and two adults for the offense...

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