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IN RE STATE EX REL. A.J.

No. 2009-KA-0477.

27 So.3d 247 (2009)

STATE in the Interest of A.J.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 1, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Caldwell, Attorney General, Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr., District Attorney, Jerry L. Settle, Alyson R. Graugnard, Assistant District Attorneys, for applicant.

Orleans Public Defenders, Joshua A. Perry; Juvenile Regional Services, Ilona Prieto Picou, Cheri J. Deatsch; Tulane Juvenile Law Clinic, David R. Katner, Director, Kesana A. Branford, Wesley A. Garten, Richard J. Lockett, Jr., Student Attorneys, for appellee.

Jennifer Ancona Semko, for amicus curiae, National Juvenile Defender Center and Juvenile Law Center.

VICTORY, J.*

Pursuant to Article V, Section 5(D)(1) of the Louisiana Constitution, this is a direct appeal of an Orleans Parish Juvenile Court judgment declaring that Article 882 of the Louisiana Children's Code, which denies juveniles the right to a jury trial in juvenile adjudications, violates the United States and Louisiana Constitutions where the juvenile is subject to a potential deprivation of liberty of more than six months. After...

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