State v. Prater
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; W. F. Blackman, Judge. Lisbon Prater was convicted of burglary and larceny, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtProvostx, J.
Lisbon Prater, a youth under 17 years of age, having been charged with burglary and larceny, crimes punishable at hard labor, was tried by the district court of Rapides parish sitting as an ordinary court for the trial of criminals, instead of by the same, court sitting as a juvenile court, as provided by Act 83 of 190S, p. 96, and, upon conviction, was sentenced to the penitentiary, instead of being dealt with as provided for in said act.
Our learned Brother assigns, as his reason for following that course, that in the country parishes said Act 83 is inoperative in all cases where the…
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- In Re CBSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998