State v. Braxton

PONDER, Justice.

The defendant was charged in a bill of information with the failure to support his minor child in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:-74. In response to a request for a bill of particulars, the State furnished the name of the child, Lenora Marie Braxton, the date of her birth, the name of her mother, who was never married, and a birth certificate allegedly signed by the defendant as father of the child. Counsel for the defendant moved to quash the bill of information contending that the Fourteenth Judicial District Court, sitting as a Juvenile Court, is without jurisdiction to determine…