Opinion
2023 KW 0209
08-02-2023
STATE IN THE INTEREST OF J.S.
In Re: J.S., applying for supervisory writs, Juvenile Court, Parish of St. Tammany, No. 10098-JJ.
BEFORE: McCLENDON, HOLDRIDGE, AND GREENE, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. This court is bound to apply the pronouncements of the Louisiana Supreme Court to challenges to the sex offender registration and notification requirements. The sex offender law is not intended to be punitive. Instead, the law is remedial legislation intended to protect public safety. See Smith v. State, 2010-1140 (La. 1/24/12), 84 So.3d 487, 498; State ex rel. Olivieri v. State, 2000-0172 (La. 2/21/01), 779 So.2d 735, cert, denied, 533 U.S. 936, 121 S.Ct. 2566, 150 L.Ed.2d 730 (2001).
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HG
Holdridge, J., concurs. In light of the Supreme Court's opinion in State in Interest of A.N., 2018-01571 (La. 10/22/19), 286 So.3d 969, an application for postconviction relief is not the proper procedural vehicle for relator to challenge the unconstitutionality of requiring registration by a juvenile sex offender for life. Relator can file his constitutional challenge in juvenile court, in a civil proceeding, or in a motion to quash if relator fails to register.