STATE, IN INTEREST OF A.A.S.

No. 30775-JAC.

711 So.2d 319 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of A.A.S.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

April 8, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rollin W. Cole, Jr., Shreveport, for Defendant-Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Paul J. Carmouche, District Attorney, Jack Williams and Tommy J. Johnson, Assistant District Attorneys, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before NORRIS, BROWN and PEATROSS, JJ.


NORRIS, Judge.

The State appeals a juvenile court disposition holding that La. Ch.C. art. 897.1, which imposes mandatory "juvenile life" for juveniles adjudicated delinquent for aggravated rape, La. R.S. 14:42, is unconstitutional as applied to A.A.S. Article 897.1 requires the placement of such juveniles in a secure juvenile facility until age 21, without benefit of parole, probation, suspension of imposition or execution of sentence, modification or furlough. The...

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