Case Name: STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Shawn Fitzgerald KENNEDY, Appellant
Court: Louisiana Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2014-05-14
Citations: 140 So. 3d 1201
Docket Number: No. 49,036-KA
Parties: STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Shawn Fitzgerald KENNEDY, Appellant.
Judges: Before CARAWAY, DREW and PITMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 140
Pages: 1201–1201

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana, Appellee v. Shawn Fitzgerald KENNEDY, Appellant.
No. 49,036-KA.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.
May 14, 2014.
Louisiana Appellate Project by Douglas Lee Harville, for Appellant.
Charles Rex Scott, II, District Attorney, for Appellee.
Karelia R. Stewart, Jessica Diane Cassi-dy, Cloyce Clark, III, Assistant District Attorneys.
Before CARAWAY, DREW and PITMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
DREW, J.
h Shawn Fitzgerald Kennedy urges only one issue in this appeal. He attacks the constitutionality of La. R.S. 14:95.1 as being contrary to Const. Art. I, § 11, which was amended in 2012. Defendant's challenge to the statute, however, is not properly before us.
The issue was not pled or litigated in the trial court, violating clear precedent. See State v. Hatton, 2007-2377 (La.7/1/08), 985 So.2d 709, and Vallo v. Gayle Oil Co., Inc., 94-1238 (La.11/30/94), 646 So.2d 859.
In addition, the Louisiana Attorney General has never been served and has not yet participated in any way. See La. R.S. 13:4448; La. R.S. 49:257(0; La. C.C.P. art. 1880.
We must remand this case to the trial court for further proceedings.
DECREE
REMANDED.
. Possession of firearm or carrying concealed weapon by a person convicted of certain felonies
. The Louisiana Supreme Court is considering this same issue in the pending writ applications of State v. Taylor, 2014-0209, and State v. Eberhardt, 2013-2306.
.See also, State in Interest of D.W., 13-114 (La.App. 5 Cir. 9/18/13), 125 So.3d 1180, writ denied, 2013-2478 (La.4/4/14), 135 So.3d 639, 2014 WL 1423628.