State v. Gaubert

BONIN,. J.,

concurs with reasons.

U concur in the majority opinion.' I write separately, however, to further explain the basis for exercising our appellate jurisdiction in this particular case in which the defendant was charged with a felony but only convicted of a misdemeanor.

The original provisions of the Louisiana Constitution of 1974 vested the Supreme Court with exclusive criminal appellate jurisdiction in cases where “a law or ordinance has been declared unconstitutional” or'where “[t]he defendant has been convicted of a felony or a fine exceeding five hundred dollars, or imprisonment…