State ex rel. McManus

LOTTINGER, Judge.

The State filed a petition alleging that Johnny Ray McManus committed simple robbery. La. R.S. 14:65. Subsequently, the petition was amended to a charge of first degree robbery. La.R.S. 14:64.1. After an adjudication hearing, the trial court found that the juvenile had committed first degree robbery. He was adjudicated a delinquent and committed to the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections until age twenty-one.1 The juvenile has appealed, alleging one assignment of error, as follows:

1. The trial court erred in failing to dismiss the petition after more…