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Editor's note: opinion released June 30, 2000

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA NO. 00-KK-1266

STATE OF LOUISIANA V. SCOTT B. BREWSTER consolidated with STATE OF LOUISIANA V. ROBERT J. O'REILLY

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT, PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY

PER CURIAM*
The State of Louisiana ("State") seeks review of a judgment of the court of appeal sua sponte declaring La. R.S. 13:719 unconstitutional. For the reasons assigned, we grant the application, vacate the ruling of the court of appeal, and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings.

UNDERLYING FACTS In separate proceedings, defendants were charged with various misdemeanor offenses in the 22nd Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Tammany. Pursuant to La. R.S. 13:719, defendants were tried before a commissioner and were convicted and sentenced.
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Knoll, J., not on panel. Rule IV, Part II,

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