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STATE IN INTEREST OF J.M.

Nos. 2013-CK-1717, 2013-KA-1772.

144 So.3d 853 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana in the INTEREST of J.M. State of Louisiana in the Interest of J.M.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Public Defender's Office, 19th Judicial District, Mark David Plaisance , Baker, LA, Michael Anthony Mitchell , Jack Pascal Harrison , for Applicant (No. 2013-CK-1717).

Department of Justice, State of Louisiana, James D. Caldwell , Attorney, Colin Andrew Clark , Jessica Thornhill , Assistant Attorneys General, District Attorney's Office, East Baton Rouge Parish, Hillar C. Moore, III , District Attorney, April N. Williams , Assistant District Attorney, for Respondent (No. 2013-CK-1717).

Department of Justice, State of Louisiana, James D. Caldwell , Attorney, Colin Andrew Clark , Jessica Thornhill , Assistant Attorneys General, District Attorney's Office, East Baton Rouge Parish, Hillar C. Moore, III , District Attorney, April N. Williams , Assistant District Attorney, for Appellant (No. 2013-CK-1772).

Public Defender's Office, 19th Judicial District, Mark David Plaisance , Baker, LA, Michael Anthony Mitchell , Jack Pascal Harrison , for Appellee (No. 2013-CK-1772).

CLARK, Justice.*

A juvenile in a delinquency proceeding argued the criminal statutes regarding the intentional concealment of a weapon, La. R.S. 14:95(A), and the possession of a handgun by a juvenile, La. R.S. 14:95.8, fail to meet the requirement of strict scrutiny under the state constitutional provision securing the right to keep and bear arms. The juvenile court declared La. R.S. 14:95(A) unconstitutional as applied to juveniles,...

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