State ex rel. L.A.

| Jn each of these two juvenile delinquency cases,1 the same juvenile court judge dismissed the State’s case against a juvenile who had allegedly been found incompetent to proceed in another section of juvenile court. In dismissing the cases, the judge relied on the finding of another section of juvenile court that the juvenile was presently incompetent to proceed. The judge also relied on the fact the other section was continuing to supervise the juvenile. A juvenile’s incapacity to proceed is not good cause for dismissal absent compliance with the procedures outlined in the Louisiana…