1999-KA- 2329 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH DAVIS FERRIS (Parish of Evangeline) (Underage Driving Under the Influence)

State: Louisiana

Docket No: 99ka2329.opn

Case Date: 05/16/2000

Plaintiff: 1999-KA- 2329 STATE OF LOUISIANA

Defendant: JOSEPH DAVIS FERRIS (Parish of Evangeline) (Underage Driving Under the Influence)

Preview:MAY 16, 2000

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 99-KA-2329

STATE OF LOUISIANA Versus JOSEPH DAVIS FERRIS

ON APPEAL FROM THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EVANGELINE, HONORABLE PRESTON N. AUCOIN, JUDGE

LEMMON, Justice* This is a direct appeal from a judgment of the district court that declared unconstitutional La. Rev. Stat. 14:98.1, which defines the crime of "underage driving under the influence" as the operating of a motor vehicle when the operator is under the age of twenty-one and has a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.02 percent or more . The issue on appeal is whether Section 98.1 violates the equal protection guarantee of La. Const. art. I,

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