Legal Opinion
State ex rel. R.D.S.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided June 30, 2010No. 10-0314PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERS, Judge.
IxR.D.S.,1 a juvenile, appeals his adjudication as a juvenile delinquent as well as the disposition imposed upon him. For the following reasons, we vacate the adjudication and disposition and remand the matter to the appropriate juvenile court for further proceedings.
The State of Louisiana (state) asserted, by petition filed in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, that on or about December 2, 2007, R.D.S. committed sexual battery, a delinquent act as defined by La.R.S. 14:43.1 and La.Ch.Code art. 804(3), on E.S., a female juvenile. Initially, R.D.S. answered the petition by denying that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State in Interest of JGLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
3Cited by4 opinions
- State ex rel. J.J.M.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- State ex rel. M.B.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2012
- State ex rel. K.B.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2016
- State in the Interest of K.B.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2016