STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2022 KW 0325 VERSUS

PHILIPPE VEETERS MARCH 30, 2022

In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. DC - 19- 07235.

BEFORE: MCDONALD, McCLENDON, AND WELCH, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The district court erred in finding that La. R. S. 14: 43. 4 defines the term " genitals." Instead, that statute merely identifies what constitutes the crime of female genital mutilation.

Accordingly, the district court' s ruling relying upon La. R. S. 14: 43. 4 to define " genitals" is reversed.

JMM PMC JEW

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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