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La. Rev. Stat. § 15:183 Effect of signing of pleadings
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§183. Effect of signing of pleadings The provisions of Code of Civil Procedure Article 863 shall be applicable to any petition for post-conviction relief and related or responsive pleadings filed by counsel for petitioner or respondent pursuant to the provisions of Code of Crimin…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.1 Purpose
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§185.1. Purpose The purpose of this Part is to provide for an effective and efficient system of providing qualified legal representation, including curatorship appointments, for indigent or absent parents in child abuse and neglect cases as required by the provisions of the Louis…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.2 Definitions
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§185.2. Definitions As used in this Part, the following words have the following meanings: (1) "Board" means the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board. (2) "Child abuse and neglect case" means a child protection proceeding conducted by a court exercising juvenile jurisdiction…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.3 Indigent Parents' Representation Program; duties of the office; subject to
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§185.3. Indigent Parents' Representation Program; duties of the office; subject to appropriation A.(1) Subject to appropriation or the availability of other monies made available to the program, the office shall administer a program to provide representation, including curatorshi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.4 Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent parents; rulemaking
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§185.4. Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent parents; rulemaking A. The office shall adopt all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Part. B. The rules shall include but not be limited to the following: (1) Creating mandatory statewide standards a…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.6 Special reporting requirements; indigent parent representation cases; penalties
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§185.6. Special reporting requirements; indigent parent representation cases; penalties A. In addition to the general oversight requirements provided by law, each district public defender shall submit an annual report to the office no later than February first of each year, comme…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.7 Rights of action; interpretation of Part
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§185.7. Rights of action; interpretation of Part A. It is not the intent of the legislature to create any new right, right of action, or cause of action or eliminate any right, right of action, or cause of action existing under current law. Nothing contained in the provisions of …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:185.8 Auditing; district reporting
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§185.8. Auditing; district reporting Each district public defender shall work in conjunction with the legislative auditor in developing uniform audit reports regarding the representation of indigent or absent parents as required by R.S. 24:515.1, which shall require the following…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.1 Purpose
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§186.1. Purpose The purpose of this Part is to provide for an effective and efficient system of providing qualified legal representation for indigent children committed to the custody of the office of juvenile justice pursuant to Title VII and Title VIII of the Louisiana Children…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.2 Definitions
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§186.2. Definitions For the purposes of this Part, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) "Board" means the Louisiana Public Defender Oversight Board. (2) "Custody" means the legal custody of the office of juvenile justice, which follows on commitment by a Lou…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.3 Safe Return Representation Program; duties of the office; subject to appropriation
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§186.3. Safe Return Representation Program; duties of the office; subject to appropriation A.(1) Subject to appropriation and the availability of other monies to the program, the office shall administer a program to provide qualified legal representation to indigent children comm…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.4 Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent children in custody;
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§186.4. Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent children in custody; rulemaking A. The office shall adopt all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this Part. B. The rules shall include mandatory statewide standards and guidelines for the representation o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.5 Safe Return Representation Program Fund
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§186.5. Safe Return Representation Program Fund A. "The Louisiana Safe Return Representation Program Fund", hereafter referred to as "the fund", is hereby created within the state treasury. Interest earned on the investment of monies in the fund shall be deposited into the fund. …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:186.6 Implementation of Safe Return Representation Fund
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§186.6. Implementation of Safe Return Representation Fund A. Subject to appropriation, or the availability of other monies to the program, the office shall develop a program to establish a flexible delivery system that is responsive to jurisdictional variances and local community…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:191 Place of trial of criminal neglect of family cases
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§191. Place of trial of criminal neglect of family cases When any person shall desert or intentionally not support his family in violation of R.S. 14:74, the offense may be prosecuted and punished: (1) In the parish where the person owing the duty of support resides or is found, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:211 Procedures in handling defendants committed to mental institutions because of lack of capacity to stand trial
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§211. Procedures in handling defendants committed to mental institutions because of lack of capacity to stand trial A. The medical staff of a mental institution to which a defendant is committed after he has been found not guilty by reason of insanity or after a court determines …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:221 Appointment of substitute judge by supreme court
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§221. Appointment of substitute judge by supreme court Whenever any district judge is prevented by any cause whatever from holding court, and that fact is made to appear, by the certificate of the clerk under the seal of the court, to the supreme court or to any justice thereof, …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:241 Medical, psychological, psychiatric examination of certain victims under age eighteen; polygraph examinations; prohibition
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§241. Medical, psychological, psychiatric examination of certain victims under age eighteen; polygraph examinations; prohibition A. If the defendant is charged with a violation of R.S. 14:93 or any provision of Subpart C of Part II, Subpart B of Part IV, or Subpart A(1) or A(4) o…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:242 Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting
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§242. Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a person is placed into a pretrial diversion program following an arrest for a violation of R.S. 14:98, operating a vehicle while intoxicated, or a parish or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:243 Buyer Beware Program; post-conviction program for offenders; pre-trial diversion
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§243. Buyer Beware Program; post-conviction program for offenders; pre-trial diversion program for defendants; individuals engaged in the purchase of sexual activity and solicitation of prostitutes A.(1) The district attorney for each judicial district, alone or in conjunction wi…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:244 Military pretrial diversion program
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§244. Military pretrial diversion program A. In addition to any existing pretrial diversion program, the district attorney for each judicial district, alone or in conjunction with the district attorney of an adjacent judicial district, may create and administer a special pretrial…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:252 Witnesses' fees and mileage
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§252. Witnesses' fees and mileage Witnesses subpoenaed in all preliminary criminal trials or proceedings, for attendance before grand juries and upon final trials shall receive a per diem of three dollars per day and mileage of not more than five cents for each mile necessarily t…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:253 Witnesses not residents of parish
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§253. Witnesses not residents of parish Witnesses who are summoned to testify in prosecutions pending in other parishes than those in which they reside, shall receive a compensation of five cents for every mile they may necessarily travel in going and returning, and five dollars …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254 Sheriffs, jurors and law enforcement officers not entitled to witness fees
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§254. Sheriffs, jurors and law enforcement officers not entitled to witness fees No sheriff, deputy sheriff or juror, and no law enforcement officer except as otherwise provided by R.S. 15:254.1 and R.S. 15:255 while attending court as such, shall be allowed any compensation for …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.1 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of New Iberia
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§254.1. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of New Iberia A. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a traffic, criminal, or juvenile case before the City Court of New Iberia or…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.2 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish
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§254.2. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case in Lafayette Parish before the Fifte…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.3 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of Lafayette
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§254.3. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of Lafayette Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a traffic or criminal case before the City Court of Lafayette on a date or at a …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.4 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, St
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§254.4. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, St. Landry Parish A. Any deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a criminal case before the Twenty-Seventh Judicial D…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.5 Plans for witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers; Ascension Parish
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§254.5. Plans for witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers; Ascension Parish A. The governing authority of Ascension Parish shall adopt a plan under which each law enforcement officer who, because of his official connections with any criminal case as the arresting office…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.6 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Welsh
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§254.6. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Welsh A. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a case before the mayor's court of Welsh on a date or at a time when suc…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.7 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of East St
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§254.7. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of East St. Tammany Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a traffic, criminal, or juvenile case before the City Court of East St. T…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.8 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Vinton
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§254.8. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Vinton A. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, city or state police officer, or other law enforcement officer subpoenaed to testify in a case before the mayor's court of Vinton on a date or at a time when s…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:254.9 Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; parish of Plaquemines
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§254.9. Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; parish of Plaquemines A. Any Plaquemines Parish deputy sheriff required to be present, in his official capacity, to testify in a traffic, criminal, or juvenile case before the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court in Plaqu…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:255 Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers
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§255. Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers A.(1) Whenever a law enforcement officer is required to be present, in his official capacity, as a witness in any criminal case or delinquency adjudication in any district or parish court or any court exercising juvenile jur…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:255.1 Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers
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§255.1. Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers A. Unless otherwise provided for by law for a particular jurisdiction, whenever a retired or former law enforcement officer is required to be present, as a witness in any criminal case or delinquency adjudication …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:256 Fees where more than one case on same day
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§256. Fees where more than one case on same day Except as provided in R.S. 15:255, no person shall be allowed, for attendance as a witness in criminal cases, more than is allowed in one case on the same day, or mileage for more than one case at a time. The provisions of this Sect…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:257 Placing material witness under bond; exception for victims
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§257. Placing material witness under bond; exception for victims Except as provided in R.S. 15:257.1, whenever it shall appear, upon motion of the district attorney or upon motion of a defendant supported by his affidavit, that the testimony of any witness is essential to the pro…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:257.1 Exception for material witness warrants for victims of sex offenses and intimate
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§257.1. Exception for material witness warrants for victims of sex offenses and intimate partner violence; legislative intent A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that domestic violence and sexual assault are major public health problems and violations of human rights. Th…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:258 Taking deposition of witness imprisoned in default of bond
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§258. Taking deposition of witness imprisoned in default of bond When any witness in any criminal case, imprisoned in default of giving bond for his appearance, shall wish to have his testimony taken and to be enlarged, he shall apply to the judge of the court in which such prose…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:259 Admissibility of depositions taken in jail
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§259. Admissibility of depositions taken in jail The testimony taken as provided for in R.S. 15:258, when certified to by the officer before whom taken, shall, in case of the death or departure of the witness from the parish or other inability to attend court, be admissible befor…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:260 Production of certain records of a victim; conditions
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§260. Production of certain records of a victim; conditions A. If the defendant is charged with a violation of R.S. 14:93 or 93.2.3 or sex offense or human trafficking-related offense as defined in or enumerated in R.S. 46:1844(W), a subpoena or court order compelling the product…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:261 Disposition of witness or appearance fees for off-duty law enforcement officers
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§261. Disposition of witness or appearance fees for off-duty law enforcement officers A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever by reason of the enforcement or imposition of any federal law or rule or for any other reason, an off-duty municipal law e…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:270 Interpreters for deaf or severely hearing-impaired persons
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§270. Interpreters for deaf or severely hearing-impaired persons A. In all criminal prosecutions, where the accused is deaf or severely hearing-impaired, he shall have the proceedings of the trial interpreted to him in a language that he can understand by a qualified interpreter …
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:271 Plea of not guilty; burden of proof
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§271. Plea of not guilty; burden of proof The plea of not guilty throws upon the state the burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt each element of the crime necessary to constitute the defendant's guilt. Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 150…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:272 Order for substitution of certified copy of missing document
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§272. Order for substitution of certified copy of missing document The judge shall, upon proof of the loss, destruction or abstraction from the court of any indictment, information or bail bond, order that a certified copy from the judicial record of such lost, destroyed or abstr…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:273 Right of accused to be confronted with witnesses
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§273. Right of accused to be confronted with witnesses The accused shall have the right to be confronted with the witnesses against him and the depositions of witnesses shall not be evidence either for or against him except as provided by law. Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1,…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:276 Self-incrimination of witness
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§276. Self-incrimination of witness No witness can be forced to criminate himself, but the judge is not bound by the witness' statement that the answer would criminate him, when from the nature of the question asked and the circumstances of the case such statement can not be true…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:283 Protected person; testimony taken outside courtroom
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§283. Protected person; testimony taken outside courtroom A. On its own motion or on the motion of the attorney for any party, a court may order that the testimony of a protected person who may have been a witness to or victim of a crime be taken in a room other than the courtroo…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:284 Facility dogs; use in court; procedure
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§284. Facility dogs; use in court; procedure A. The court shall allow any witness who is either under eighteen years of age, who has a developmental disability as defined in R.S. 28:451.2, or who is in a trial for a sex offense as defined in R.S. 15:541 to be accompanied by a fac…
La. Rev. Stat. § 15:291 Right of accused to have testimony taken down; provision for paying
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§291. Right of accused to have testimony taken down; provision for paying The testimony of the witnesses on the question of guilt or innocence may be taken down under the supervision of the court and in order to explain any bill of exception which may be taken by counsel for the …
