IN THE MATTER OF STATE EX REL. R.S.

No. 2009-CA-1444.

40 So.3d 1212 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of R.S.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

June 9, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney Of Orleans Parish, Alyson Graugnard, Assistant District Attorney Of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellant.

Cecilia E. Rutherford, Juvenile Regional Services, New Orleans, Louisiana, for Appellee, R.S.

(Court composed of Judge JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge EDWIN A. LOMBARD, Judge Paul A. Bonin).


JAMES F. McKAY III, Judge.

The State appeals the judgment of the trial court dismissing the matter pursuant to La. Ch C. art. 876. We agree with the State's position and find that the trial court did not have good cause to a legal sufficiency and abused its discretion in dismissing the juvenile delinquency petition against R.S. We reverse the judgment, reinstate the juvenile delinquency petition and remand the matter for...

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