Supreme Court of Louisiana October 15, 2013, No. 2013-KK-0276 (State v. Ramirez)

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WEIMER, Justice.

| |We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether La. R.S. 14:100.13, *414which punishes as a felony the operation of a motor vehicle by an alien student or nonresident alien without documentation demonstrating lawful presence in the United States, is preempted by federal law under the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Arizona v. United States, — U.S.