Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-08 18:04:43.213871+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA                  I

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           COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA                                                                 NO.    2023 KW         0414

VERSUS

SPECIALIST CALEB          D.    JONES                                                    MAY       8,    2023

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In Re:          Specialist        Caleb       D.     Jones,, applying                for       supervisory
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               writs,     Special       Court-Martial~                    Parish   of    Lafayette,            No.
                2002-341.

BEFORE:         THERIOT,       CHUTZ,   AND        HESTER,    JJ.

       WRIT     GRANTED.        The military          judge',s             ruling    finding            that   the
military       court    has      jurisdiction             over , this           matter        is    reversed.
Under     the     facts        and     circumstances                  Qf    this     case          where       the
incident       did     not     occur    on     a     military              installation            nor     while
relator    and    the     victim       were    on     duty        of       status,       we   find       that    a
clear     and     convincing           nexus        between               the    offense           under       the
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Louisiana       Code    of     Military      Justice        and1the             state military             force
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does     not    exist.          See     La.        R.S.     29:102(C).              Accordingly,               the
objection       raising        the    exception        of    subject            matter        jurisdiction
and motion to dismiss                is granted.

                                                   MRT
                                                    CHH

        Chutz,    J.,   dissents and would deny ~ he application.

COURT    OF APPEAL,       FIRST CIRCUIT

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        DEPUTY CLERK OF          COURT
                FOR THE      COURT