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STATE EX REL. D.W.

No. 2003-CK-2754.

865 So.2d 45 (2004)

STATE in the Interest of D.W.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Sanchez, Lorenzi, Sanchez & Palay, Lake Charles; David J. Utter, New Orleans, Christopher Eades, Counsel for Applicant.

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Robert Bryant, District Attorney, Cynthia C. Guillory, Lake Charles, Carla S. Sigler, Mary H. Hammett, River Ridge, Martha S. Morgan, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Respondent.

TRAYLOR, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this matter to consider whether the Louisiana Children's Code requires that modification hearings in juvenile court be conducted in private. For the reasons which follow, we answer that question in the negative, reverse the courts below, and remand to the juvenile court.

FACTS and PROCEDURAL HISTORY

D.W. was adjudicated delinquent in the district juvenile court...

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