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5/15/01

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 00-KA-2864 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT J. O'REILLY consolidated with 00-KA-2865 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SCOTT BREWSTER

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ON APPEAL FROM THE JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY HONORABLE ROBERT L. LOBRANO, JUDGE AD HOC

KIMBALL, Justice At issue in this direct appeal is the constitutionality of that portion of La. R.S. 13:719 which authorizes the commissioner for the Twenty-Second Judicial District Court to conduct trials, accept pleas, and impose sentences in misdemeanor cases. Because we find La. R.S. 13:719(E)(2)(e) authorizes the exercise of the adjudicatory power of the state by a non-elected official, we find it violates La. Const. art. V,

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