State ex rel. T.E.

|, The state filed a petition to adjudicate defendant delinquent based on a violation of La.R.S. 14:95.8, illegal possession of a handgun by a juvenile. The Juvenile Court for Orleans Parish adjudicated defendant delinquent as charged and committed him to the custody of the Office of Juvenile Justice for not more than six months. On appeal, in a split panel decision, the Fourth Circuit reversed on grounds that the state’s evidence did not satisfy the requisite statutory definition of a handgun for purposes of R.S. 14:95.8, and thus, failed to carry the state’s burden of proving beyond…