Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-03-30 14:05:47.403963+00
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STATE      OF LOUISIANA                                                               NO.    2022    KW   0325

VERSUS

PHILIPPE        VEETERS                                                                 MARCH       30,   2022

In   Re:         State      of       Louisiana,        applying         for     supervisory           writs,

                 19th      Judicial             District  Court,          Parish        of    East        Baton
                 Rouge,     No.       DC - 19- 07235.

BEFORE:          MCDONALD,           McCLENDON,          AND   WELCH,    JJ.

        WRIT     GRANTED.            The district court erred in finding that La.
R. S.      14: 43. 4     defines      the       term "   genitals."        Instead,          that    statute

merely        identifies         what          constitutes      the     crime     of    female       genital

mutilation.
                         Accordingly,             the     district       court'   s  ruling          relying
upon    La.     R. S.    14: 43. 4      to     define "    genitals"      is    reversed.

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                                                         JEW

COURT       OF APPEAL,          FIRST      CIRCUIT

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