Case Name: STATE of Louisiana v. Commodore JENKINS
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1972-05-18
Citations: 262 So. 2d 349
Docket Number: No. 52437
Parties: STATE of Louisiana v. Commodore JENKINS.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 262
Pages: 349–349

Head Matter:
262 La. 1
STATE of Louisiana v. Commodore JENKINS.
No. 52437.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 18, 1972.
Law Offices of W. T. McCain, Robert L. Kennedy, Colfax, for defendant-appellant.
William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Harry H. Howard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Sam L. Wells, Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The defendant juvenile was tried by the juvenile court and recommitted to the Louisiana Training Institute at Scotland-ville for an indefinite period of time. He appeals that judgment and recommitment to this Court.
We take cognizance, ex proprio motu, that this Court is without appellate jurisdiction of appeals by juveniles from the juvenile courts. La.Const. art. VII, sections 10, 29, 52; State v. Barrios, 254 La. 93, 222 So.2d 869 (1969).
It is ordered that this case be, and it is hereby, transferred to the Third Circuit Court of Appeal, La.R.S. 13:4441.