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STATE EX REL. D.J.

No. 2001-KA-2149.

817 So.2d 26 (2002)

STATE in the Interest of D.J.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Ralph E. Brandt, Jr., Edward R. McGowan, New Orleans, Counsel for Applicant.

Ferdinand F. Valteau, III, New Orleans, Derwyn D. Bunton, Harold P. DuCloux, III, Counsel for Respondent.

Ellis P. Adams, Jr., Counsel for Amicus Curiae Louisiana District Attorney's Association.

Robert S. Glass, New Orleans, Laval S. Miller-Wilson, Marsha L. Levick, Counsel for Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center, and Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense.

VICTORY, J.

This is a direct appeal brought by the State of Louisiana from the Juvenile District Court for the Parish of Orleans seeking reversal of the trial court's finding that La. Ch. C. art. 808 is unconstitutional and that the juvenile offenders in this matter are entitled to a jury trial. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the judgment of the trial court finding La. Ch. C. art. 808 to be unconstitutional and hold that the juvenile...

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