STATE IN the INTEREST OF K.L.A

I,We granted the state’s writ application to determine whether a person required to register as a sex offender as a result of an offense committed as a juvenile under La. R.S. 15:542 must comply with the sex offender identification required by La. R.S. 32:412(1) or La. R.S. 40:1321(J). After briefing and argument, it became apparent that the deficient record in this matter does not permit the Court to answer that question. Rather, the record makes clear that the respondent in this case, K.L.A., is not required by La. R.S. 15:542 to register as a sex offender — though he agreed to do so by…