Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Wright
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided September 8, 1981No. 14645PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOTTINGER, Judge.
The issue before the court is what, if any, part of La.R.S. 14:68 was in effect on March 9, 1981?
The significance is that Sidney Wright, a juvenile, was charged with unauthorized use of a movable, La.R.S. 14:68, allegedly committed on March 9, 1981. The Family Court on its own motion dismissed the charge on the ground that La.R.S. 14:68 had been repealed. The state timely applied to this court for writs, and on June 23, 1981, we issued an alternative writ of mandamus directing the trial judge to recall and vacate his order dismissing the petition. The alternative has been…
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