STATE EX REL. T.C.

No. 2009 KW 1852.

35 So.3d 1088 (2010)

STATE of Louisiana In the Interest of T.C.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 2010.

Writ Denied March 31, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hillar Moore, District Attorney, Melanie Fields, Assistant District Attorney, Baton Rouge, LA, for Relator State of Louisiana.

A. Hays Town, III, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant/Respondent T.C.

Michael A. Mitchell, Chief/Director Public Defender, Mark D. Plaisance, Assistant Public Defender, Baton Rouge, LA, Amicus Curiae.

H. Clay Walker V, Julie Hayes Kilborn, Louisiana Association of Criminal, Defense Lawyers, Baton Rouge, LA, Amicus Curiae.

Robert Lancaster, Jack S. Harrison, Lucy S. McGough (pro hac vice), Robert Savage, Student Attorney, Juvenile Defense Clinic, LSU Law Center, Baton Rouge, LA, Amicus Curiae.

Before CARTER, C.J., GUIDRY, and PETTIGREW, JJ.


GUIDRY, J.

The state filed an application with this Court requesting a writ of prohibition to enjoin the juvenile court from exercising jurisdiction. We issued a writ of certiorari, stayed the proceedings in both the juvenile court and the district court, and ordered the parties to file briefs and appear for oral argument. The writ application reveals a disagreement between the juvenile court and the district court as to which court has jurisdiction. The issue is...

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