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La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80 (2026)

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PART V. OFFENSES AFFECTING THE PUBLIC MORALS

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Cited in 217 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 1958–2024 · leading case: State v. Sepulvado, 367 So. 2d 762 (La. 1979).

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State v. Sepulvado, 367 So. 2d 762 (La. 1979). · cites it 7× “R.S. 14:80 (1950), carnal knowledge of a juvenile.”

State v. Armstead, 159 So. 3d 502 (La. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 8× “R.S. 14:80 A(l), and sentenced to ten years imprisonment at hard labor.”

State v. Smith, 846 So. 2d 786 (La. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 2× “R.S. 14:80 and was sentenced to seven years at hard labor and ordered to pay a fine of fifteen hundred dollars, plus court costs.”

State v. Granier, 765 So. 2d 998 (La. 2000). · cites it 9× “R.S. 14:80, carnal knowledge of a juvenile, unconstitutional.”

State v. Allen, 868 So. 2d 877 (La. Ct. App. 2004). · cites it 3× “Defendant, Curtis Allen, was charged in a bill of information with six counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile under the age of seventeen in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:80. Allen initially pled not guilty but later changed his plea to guilty as charged on all six counts in…”

United States v. Faustino Gomez, 757 F.3d 885 (9th Cir. 2014). · cites it 3× “050(l)(a); La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 14:80 A; Me.Rev.Stat.”

State Ex Rel. Olivieri v. State, 779 So. 2d 735 (La. 2001). · cites it 2× “§ 14:80, carnal knowledge of a juvenile; LA.”

Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 137 S. Ct. 1562 (2017). “720, §§ 5/12-15(b)-(c), 5/12-16(d) (West 1996) Louisiana La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:80(A)(1) (West 1986), as amended by 1995 La.”

Paul Massey v. Louisiana Dep't of Pub. Saf. & Corr., 149 So. 3d 780 (La. 2014). · cites it 4× “” This later act narrowed the availability of good time credits by excluding from eligibility, among others, those convicted of felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, in violation of La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80, or of molestation of a juvenile, in violation of La.”

United States v. Rodriguez-Guzman, 506 F.3d 738 (9th Cir. 2007). · cites it 2× “Penal Law § 130.25 (if defendant is 21 or older); North Dakota (18), N.”

State v. Bell, 377 So. 2d 303 (La. 1979). · cites it 9× “-R.S. 14:80, commonly known as the Louisiana carnal knowledge of a juvenile law, on ground that the statute sanctions sex discrimination proscribed by La.”

State v. Sepulvado, 359 So. 2d 137 (La. 1978). · cites it 3× “R.S. 14:80. [1] After trial by jury, he was found guilty as charged and was sentenced to serve three and a half years at hard labor.”

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— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(1) — 5 cases

State v. Bell, 377 So. 2d 303 (La. 1979). “-R.S. 14:80, commonly known as the Louisiana carnal knowledge of a juvenile law, on ground that the statute sanctions sex discrimination proscribed by La.”

State v. Freeman, 447 So. 2d 600 (La. Ct. App. 1984).

LK v. Reed, 631 So. 2d 604 (La. Ct. App. 1994).

State v. Marigny, 532 So. 2d 420 (La. Ct. App. 1988).

State v. Marigny, 532 So. 2d 418 (La. Ct. App. 1988).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(2) — 2 cases

State v. Lee, 465 So. 2d 806 (La. Ct. App. 1985).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(A) — 3 cases

State v. Jones, 125 So. 3d 1169 (La. Ct. App. 2013).

State v. Young, 270 So. 3d 770 (La. Ct. App. 2019).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(A)(1) — 24 cases

Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 137 S. Ct. 1562 (2017). “720, §§ 5/12-15(b)-(c), 5/12-16(d) (West 1996) Louisiana La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 14:80(A)(1) (West 1986), as amended by 1995 La.”

State Ex Rel. Olivieri v. State, 779 So. 2d 735 (La. 2001). “§ 14:80, carnal knowledge of a juvenile; LA.”

State v. Patin, 842 So. 2d 322 (La. 2003).

State v. Whitmore, 58 So. 3d 583 (La. Ct. App. 2011).

State v. Penton, 998 So. 2d 184 (La. Ct. App. 2008).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(A)(2) — 1 case

State v. Bancroft, 620 So. 2d 482 (La. Ct. App. 1993).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(A)(S) — 1 case

State v. Charles, 178 So. 3d 1157 (La. Ct. App. 2015).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(B) — 3 cases

State v. Granier, 765 So. 2d 998 (La. 2000). “R.S. 14:80, carnal knowledge of a juvenile, unconstitutional.”

State v. Marrero, 92 So. 3d 21 (La. Ct. App. 2012).

State v. Little, 768 So. 2d 182 (La. Ct. App. 2000).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(C) — 6 cases

State v. Richard, 779 So. 2d 927 (La. Ct. App. 2000).

State v. Esteves, 800 So. 2d 1040 (La. Ct. App. 2001).

State v. Lapoole, 215 So. 3d 430 (La. Ct. App. 2017).

State v. Hammock, 711 So. 2d 756 (La. Ct. App. 1998).

State v. Washington, 147 So. 3d 784 (La. Ct. App. 2014).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(D) — 5 cases

State v. Allen, 868 So. 2d 877 (La. Ct. App. 2004). “Defendant, Curtis Allen, was charged in a bill of information with six counts of carnal knowledge of a juvenile under the age of seventeen in violation of LSA-R.S. 14:80. Allen initially pled not guilty but later changed his plea to guilty as charged on all six counts in…”

State v. Frank, 192 So. 3d 888 (La. Ct. App. 2016).

State v. Watson, 935 So. 2d 333 (La. Ct. App. 2006).

State v. Gayden, 920 So. 2d 386 (La. Ct. App. 2006).

State v. Tucker, 981 So. 2d 825 (La. Ct. App. 2008).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(D)(1) — 10 cases

STATE of Louisiana v. I.C.S.; State of Louisiana v. C.M.S., 145 So. 3d 350 (La. 2014).

State v. Lynn, 196 So. 3d 607 (La. Ct. App. 2016).

State of Louisiana v. Leonard Cardenas, III, 145 So. 3d 362 (La. 2014).

State v. Washington, 147 So. 3d 784 (La. Ct. App. 2014).

State v. Young, 270 So. 3d 770 (La. Ct. App. 2019).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(D)(2) — 2 cases

State v. Young, 270 So. 3d 770 (La. Ct. App. 2019).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(D)(2)(a) — 1 case

State v. Rodriguez, 224 So. 3d 1188 (La. Ct. App. 2017).

— La. Rev. Stat. § 14:80(P)(1) — 1 case

State v. Lapoole, 215 So. 3d 430 (La. Ct. App. 2017).

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