Legal Opinion
State ex rel. A.J.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided December 1, 2009No. 2009-KA-0477PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VICTORY, J.*
1 jPursuant to Article V, Section 5(D)(1) of the Louisiana Constitution, this is a direct appeal of an Orleans Parish Juvenile Court judgment declaring that Article 882 of the Louisiana Children’s Code, which denies juveniles the right to a jury trial in juvenile adjudications, violates the United States and Louisiana Constitutions where the juvenile is subject to a potential deprivation of liberty of more than six months. After reviewing the record and the applicable law, we reverse the juvenile court’s ruling.
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