State of Louisiana v. Terrence Roberson

KNOLL, Justice.

This writ concerns whether the Juvenile Court’s dismissal of a juvenile’s case for expiration of the time period for adjudication provided in the Children’s Code prevents the District Attorney from later obtaining a grand jury indictment against the juvenile and bringing the case to District Court. In this case, the District Court quashed the defendant’s indictment on the basis of the Juvenile Court’s prior dismissal of the juvenile petition with prejudice. The Court of Appeal reversed the District Court’s grant of the motion to quash. For the following reasons, we affirm.

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