State v. Foret

|,The State of Louisiana invokes the appellate jurisdiction of this court pursuant to La. Const, art. V, § 5(D), on the ground the district court declared certain statutory provisions unconstitutional.

Pretermitting the merits, we find the appeal is not properly before this court. Article V, § 5(D) vests appellate jurisdiction in this court in cases in which “a law or ordinance has been declared unconstitutional .... ” A review of the district court’s judgment indicates nothing in the judgment declares a law or ordinance unconstitutional for purposes of La. Const, art. V, § 5(D). Rather, the…