STATE IN INTEREST OF J.M.

No. 2013-CK-2573.

156 So.3d 1161 (2014)

STATE of Louisiana in the Interest of J.M.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 9, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orleans Parish District Attorney, Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, Donna R. Andrieu , Jerry Bryant Clark, Jr. , for Applicant.

LA Center for Children's Rights, Julia Farinas , Jessica Mensch Heyman , for Respondent.


We granted this writ application to determine whether the charges against a juvenile must be dismissed where an adjudication hearing was not commenced within ninety days of an answer hearing pursuant to Article 877 of the Louisiana Children's Code. The state argues the ninety-day period is suspended when it enters a nolle...

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