Legal Opinion
State ex rel. J.M.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided January 28, 2014No. Nos. 2013-CK-1717, 2013-KA-1772PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Justice.*
|tA juvenile in a delinquency proceeding argued the criminal statutes regarding the intentional concealment of a weapon, La. R.S. 14:95(A), and the possession of a handgun by a juvenile, La. R.S. 14:95.8, fail to meet the requirement of strict scrutiny under the state constitutional provision securing the right to keep and bear arms. The juvenile court declared La. R.S. 14:95(A) unconstitutional as applied to juveniles, and found a portion of La. R.S. 14:95.8 should be severed from the statute. Upon review, we find the juvenile court was wrong in both of its rulings. For the…
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