Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-25 16:06:46.336474+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:24.961367
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STATE OF LOUISIANA

IN   THE    INTEREST         OF       D. M.                                             NO.    2023        KW    0208

                                                                                             MAY     25,         2023

In   Re:          D. M.,     applying               for    supervisory           writs,       Juvenile           Court,
                  Parish         of    St.     Tammany,          No.     9706 - JJ.

BEFORE:           GUIDRY,         C. J.,       WOLFE       AND    MILLER,        JJ.

        WRIT       DENIED.               A     pleading' s             nature     is    determined               by    its
substance         and      not        its     caption.            See     State    ex   rel.        Lay v.        Cain,
96- 1247 (        La.       App.         1st        Cir.        2/ 14/ 97),       691       So. 2d        135,        137.
Counsel' s         attack          on         the    constitutionality                 of     the     requirement

that       juvenile         offenders               convicted            of     aggravated          sex     offenses

must       register         for         life        is     in      the        nature    of     a     request           for
postconviction              relief.                 See    State         in    Interest       of     A. N. ,      2018-
01571 (     La.    10/ 22/ 19),              286    So. 3d      969.

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COURT      OF APPEAL,            FIRST        CIRCUIT

        DEPUTY       CLERK        OF     COURT
                  FOR      THE    COURT