STATE EX REL. D.P.B.

No. 36,082-JAC.

817 So.2d 1195 (2002)

STATE of Louisiana, Appellee, In the Interest of D.P.B., Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lavalle B. Salomon, Monroe, J. Wilson Rambo, for Appellant.

Richard Ieyoub, Attorney General, Jerry L. Jones, District Attorney, Shirley Wilson, Stephen T. Sylvester, D. Brian Harkins, Assistant District Attorneys, for Appellee.

Before STEWART, GASKINS and KOSTELKA, JJ.


KOSTELKA, J.

The juvenile, D.P.B., was adjudicated delinquent for the crime of manslaughter, La. R.S. 14:31. He now appeals contending that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the homicide was not justified. Finding merit to his claim, we reverse the adjudication and disposition.1

FACTS

On the evening of October 3, 2000, D.P.B. and his friends, C.H., E.U. and P.R., got together in P.R.'s Mustang and...

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