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Code of Criminal Procedure

• CCRP 1 - Short title; citation of code
• CCRP 2 - Purpose and construction
• CCRP 3 - Procedures not otherwise specified
• CCRP 4 - Number; gender
• CCRP 5 - Mandatory and permissive language
• CCRP 6 - Conjunctive, disjunctive, or both
• CCRP 7 - Municipal and parochial officers included
• CCRP 8 - Assistants and deputies included
• CCRP 9 - References to code articles or statutory sections
• CCRP 10 - Article headings, source notes, and comments not part of law
• CCRP 11 - Clerical and typographical errors disregarded
• CCRP 12 - Pleading a statute
• CCRP 13 - Computation of time
• CCRP 14 - Oath or affirmation in criminal proceedings; witness
• CCRP 14.1 - Filing of pleadings and documents by facsimile transmission
• CCRP 15 - Courts to which applicable; military not affected
• CCRP 16 - Jurisdiction and powers of courts
• CCRP 17 - Inherent power and authority of courts
• CCRP 18 - Adoption of local rules of court
• CCRP 19 - Special sessions of court
• CCRP 20 - Contempt of court; kinds of contempt
• CCRP 21 - Direct contempt
• CCRP 22 - Procedure for punishing direct contempt
• CCRP 22.1 - Direct contempt; fingerprinting and photographing; exceptions
• CCRP 23 - Constructive contempt
• CCRP 24 - Procedure for punishing constructive contempt
• CCRP 25 - Penalties for contempt
• CCRP 25.1 - Appointment of interpreter for non-english-speaking persons
• CCRP 26 - Power to order peace bonds
• CCRP 27 - Application for peace bond; examination
• CCRP 28 - Issuance of summons or warrant of arrest
• CCRP 29 - Peace bond hearing; costs
• CCRP 30 - The peace bond
• CCRP 31 - Failure to give peace bond; effect
• CCRP 32 - Forfeiture of peace bond
• CCRP 33 - Automatic discharge
• CCRP 61 - District attorney; powers and duties
• CCRP 62 - Authority of attorney general; supervision of district attorney
• CCRP 63 - District attorney; assistance of other counsel
• CCRP 64 - Relationship of district attorney with grand jury
• CCRP 65 - Defense of prosecution unlawful
• CCRP 66 - Subpoena of witness to appear before attorney general and district attorney
• CCRP 67 - Repealed by acts 1999, no. 718, 1.
• CCRP 101 - Abolition of coroner's jury and inquest; investigation by coroner
• CCRP 102 - Autopsy
• CCRP 103 - Subpoena of witnesses; testimony; subpoena duces tecum; issuance
• CCRP 104 - Employment of expert assistants
• CCRP 105 - Coroner's report; admissibility in evidence
• CCRP 106 - Arrest of criminal suspect
• CCRP 131 - Duties and powers
• CCRP 161 - Property subject to seizure
• CCRP 162 - Issuance of warrant; affidavit; description
• CCRP 162.1 - Warrant issued upon oral testimony
• CCRP 163 - Officer to whom directed; time for execution
• CCRP 163.1 - Search of a person for bodily samples; warrants; execution
• CCRP 164 - Means and force in executing warrant
• CCRP 165 - Authority of peace officer in executing a search warrant
• CCRP 166 - Receipt for seized property
• CCRP 167 - Custody of seized property; disposition
• CCRP 201 - Arrest defined
• CCRP 202 - Warrant of arrest; issuance
• CCRP 203 - Form and contents of warrant
• CCRP 204 - Execution of warrant
• CCRP 205 - Effective period
• CCRP 206 - Procedure when warrant defective
• CCRP 207 - Procedure when arrest made for offense triable in another parish
• CCRP 208 - Summons; defined
• CCRP 209 - When summons may be issued by magistrate
• CCRP 210 - Service of summons
• CCRP 211 - Summons by officer instead of arrest and booking
• CCRP 211.1 - Criminal trespass; summons by officer instead of arrest
• CCRP 211.2 - Issuing worthless checks; summons by peace officer instead of arrest
• CCRP 211.3 - Littering; citation or summons by peace officer instead of arrest; affidavits
• CCRP 211.4 - Driving without possession of a driver's license; summons by peace officer instead of arrest
• CCRP 211.5 - Persons with outstanding warrant; arrest or release of person
• CCRP 211.6 - Contempt; attachment of arrest for failing to appear; summons by peace officer instead of arrest
• CCRP 212 - Securing jurisdiction over corporation, partnership, or other unincorporated association
• CCRP 213 - Arrest by officer without warrant; when lawful
• CCRP 214 - Arrest by private person; when lawful
• CCRP 215 - Detention and arrest of shoplifters
• CCRP 215.1 - Temporary questioning of persons in public places; frisk and search for weapons
• CCRP 215.2 - Detaining of persons on premises of correctional institution for questioning about contraband; detention for arrest
• CCRP 216 - Time and place of making arrest
• CCRP 217 - Method of arrest by officer under warrant
• CCRP 218 - Method of arrest without warrant
• CCRP 218.1 - Advice of reasons for arrest or detention and of rights
• CCRP 219 - Officer may summon assistance
• CCRP 220 - Submission to arrest; use of force
• CCRP 221 - Blood and saliva testing
• CCRP 222 - Blood and saliva testing; expedited, nonincriminating procedure
• CCRP 224 - Forcible entry in making arrest
• CCRP 225 - Duty of peace officer as to weapons and incriminating articles
• CCRP 226 - Duty of private person after making arrest
• CCRP 227 - Rearrest after escape
• CCRP 227.1 - Prevention of escape; use of force
• CCRP 228 - Booking of arrested person, submission of booking information summary
• CCRP 228.1 - Disposal of property of prisoners; orleans parish
• CCRP 228.2 - Disposal of property of prisoners; orleans parish excepted
• CCRP 228.3 - Disposal of unclaimed property seized in any criminal investigation; orleans parish excepted
• CCRP 228.4 - Disposal of noncontraband unclaimed property seized in criminal investigations
• CCRP 229 - Duties of officer in charge
• CCRP 230 - Rights of person arrested
• CCRP 230.1 - Maximum time for appearance before judge for the purpose of appointment of counsel; court discretion to fix bail at the appearance; extension of time limit for cause; effect of failure of
• CCRP 230.2 - Probable cause determinations; persons arrested without a warrant and continued in custody
• CCRP 231 - Close pursuit of person from another state; authority to arrest
• CCRP 232 - Same; arrested person taken before judge for hearing
• CCRP 233 - Electronic signature of offender; requirements
• CCRP 261 - Special definitions
• CCRP 262 - Extradition of wanted criminals
• CCRP 262.1 - Extradition of persons not physically present in demanding state at the time of commission of crime
• CCRP 263 - Form of demand for extradition; necessary papers
• CCRP 264 - Investigation of demand by governor
• CCRP 265 - Governor's warrant; issuance and recitals
• CCRP 266 - Governor's warrant; execution and recall
• CCRP 267 - Rights of accused; extradition hearing
• CCRP 268 - Issues at extradition hearing; resulting orders
• CCRP 269 - Arrest prior to demand for extradition; issuance of warrant
• CCRP 270 - Commitment to await extradition
• CCRP 271 - Bail in extradition cases
• CCRP 272 - Persons under criminal prosecution or sentence in this state at time of requisition
• CCRP 273 - Waiver of extradition proceedings
• CCRP 274 - Application for issuance of requisition
• CCRP 275 - Application for return of wanted fugitive
• CCRP 276 - Documents to be filed with application for requisition
• CCRP 277 - Appointment of agents to receive prisoner
• CCRP 278 - Re-extradition agreements
• CCRP 279 - Extradition costs and expenses
• CCRP 280 - Immunity of extradited person from service of process in civil actions
• CCRP 281 - No right of asylum or immunity from other criminal prosecutions
• CCRP 291 - Authority to conduct preliminary examinations
• CCRP 292 - Order for preliminary examination before and after indictment
• CCRP 293 - Time for examination; procurement of counsel
• CCRP 294 - Examination of witnesses; transcript of testimony
• CCRP 295 - Admissibility of transcripts in other proceedings
• CCRP 296 - Scope of preliminary examination before and after indictment
• CCRP 297 - Transmission of transcripts and other evidence
• CCRP 298 - Effect of informality in proceedings
• CCRP 311 - Bail defined
• CCRP 312 - Types and elections of bail
• CCRP 313 - Surety
• CCRP 314 - Commercial surety
• CCRP 315 - Personal surety
• CCRP 316 - Types of personal surety
• CCRP 317 - Unsecured personal surety
• CCRP 318 - Secured personal surety
• CCRP 319 - Conditions for providing a property bond
• CCRP 320 - Those who may not be sureties
• CCRP 321 - Affidavit of surety
• CCRP 322 - Declaration of residence by defendant and surety; social security number; waiver of notice
• CCRP 323 - Signature or declaration of person unable to write
• CCRP 324 - Cash deposits
• CCRP 325 - Bail without surety
• CCRP 325.1 - Repealed by acts 1983, no. 256, 1.
• CCRP 326 - Condition of the bail undertaking
• CCRP 327 - Requisites of the bail undertaking
• CCRP 327.1 - Bail restrictions to be transmitted to louisiana protective order registry
• CCRP 328 - Substitution of security
• CCRP 329 - Contract to indemnify surety
• CCRP 330 - Bail before conviction
• CCRP 330.1 - Detention; bail hearing
• CCRP 330.2 - Bail hearing for certain sex offenders; detention
• CCRP 331 - Capital offenses
• CCRP 332 - Bail after conviction
• CCRP 333 - Authority to fix bail
• CCRP 334 - Factors in determining amount of bail
• CCRP 334.1 - Felony involving firearm; bail
• CCRP 334.2 - Aarrest for a crime of violence or domestic abuse battery; release on own recognizance prohibited
• CCRP 334.3 - Prohibition on subsequent bail obligation following revocation or forfeiture; certain offenses
• CCRP 335 - Other conditions related to the appearance of defendant
• CCRP 335.1 - Offenses against a family or household member or dating partner; provisions for forfeiture, arrest, modification
• CCRP 336 - Release conditioned on participation in pretrial drug testing program
• CCRP 336.1 - Conditions of release on bail; aggravated rape
• CCRP 336.2 - Conditions of release on bail; operating a vehicle while intoxicated
• CCRP 337 - Juvenile records to determine bail
• CCRP 338 - Form and contents of bail order
• CCRP 339 - Repealed by acts 2010, no. 914, §5.
• CCRP 340 - Amount of bail in felony cases; schedules of bail in noncapital cases
• CCRP 341 - Schedules of bail in misdemeanor cases
• CCRP 342 - Increase or reduction of bail; sufficiency of security
• CCRP 343 - Remedy for refusal of bail or excessive bail
• CCRP 344 - Right to notice of time and place of defendant's required appearance
• CCRP 345 - Surrender of defendant
• CCRP 346 - Court order for arrest of defendant
• CCRP 347 - Bail after surrender
• CCRP 348 - Cancellation of bail bond
• CCRP 349 - Forfeiture procedure
• CCRP 349.1 - Failure to appear; issuance of arrest warrant
• CCRP 349.2 - Proof necessary at bond forfeiture hearing
• CCRP 349.3 - Notice of judgment
• CCRP 349.4 - Recordation of judgment
• CCRP 349.5 - Nullity actions, summary proceedings, and cumulative actions
• CCRP 349.6 - Appeals
• CCRP 349.7 - Enforcement of judgment
• CCRP 349.8 - Satisfaction of judgment of bond forfeiture
• CCRP 349.9 - Nonforfeiture situations
• CCRP 351 - Habeas corpus; definition
• CCRP 352 - Venue
• CCRP 353 - Application for writ; form and contents
• CCRP 354 - Granting of writ; time and place for answer
• CCRP 355 - Persons authorized to make service; proof of service
• CCRP 356 - Method of service
• CCRP 357 - Answer; production of person in custody
• CCRP 358 - Transfer of custody; answer
• CCRP 359 - Nonproduction of person confined; justification
• CCRP 360 - Hearing
• CCRP 361 - Custody without court order
• CCRP 362 - Custody with court order
• CCRP 363 - Effect of appeal
• CCRP 364 - New warrant; when issued
• CCRP 365 - Burden of proof
• CCRP 366 - Custody pendente lite
• CCRP 367 - Rearrest after discharge
• CCRP 368 - Disobedience of writ or judgment; contempt
• CCRP 369 - Appeal not permitted
• CCRP 370 - Custody pending application for writs
• CCRP 381 - Nature of criminal prosecution
• CCRP 382 - Methods of instituting criminal prosecutions
• CCRP 383 - Indictment
• CCRP 384 - Information
• CCRP 385 - Affidavit
• CCRP 386 - Institution of prosecution after discharge at preliminary examination; after failure of grand jury to indict
• CCRP 401 - General qualifications of jurors
• CCRP 401.1 - Court instructions for interpreter
• CCRP 402 - Repealed by acts 1974, ex.sess., no. 20, 1, eff. january 1, 1975
• CCRP 403 - Exemption from jury service
• CCRP 403.1 - Disqualification for undue hardship
• CCRP 404 - Appointment of jury commission; term of office; oath; quorum; performance of function in the parish of east baton rouge by the judicial administrator; performance of function in the parish
• CCRP 404.1 - Powers, duties, and functions of the board of jury commissioners in parishes of four hundred seventy-five thousand or more
• CCRP 405 - Notice of jury commission meetings
• CCRP 406 - Powers of jury commission; penalty for disobedience of commission process
• CCRP 407 - Administration of oath to witnesses
• CCRP 408 - Selection of general venire in parishes other than orleans
• CCRP 408.1 - Initial selection of general venire; source
• CCRP 409 - Selection of general venire in orleans parish
• CCRP 409.1 - Orleans parish central jury pool
• CCRP 409.2 - Jefferson parish central jury pool
• CCRP 409.3 - Central jury pools; local rules
• CCRP 409.4 - Nineteenth judicial district court central jury pool
• CCRP 409.5 - One day/one trial jury system
• CCRP 410 - Revising and supplementing the general venire
• CCRP 411 - Drawing of grand jury venire; disposition of slips; jury box; subpoena of persons on grand jury venire
• CCRP 412 - Drawing grand jury venire and subpoena of veniremen; orleans parish
• CCRP 413 - Method of impaneling of grand jury; selection of foreman
• CCRP 414 - Time for impaneling grand juries; period of service
• CCRP 415 - Method of filling vacancies on grand jury
• CCRP 415.1 - Selection of additional grand juries
• CCRP 415.2 - Duration of additional grand juries; extension of impanelment
• CCRP 416 - Drawing petit jury venire in parishes other than orleans; term of service
• CCRP 416.1 - One-step qualification/summoning
• CCRP 417 - Proces verbal; summoning of petit jurors; parishes other than orleans
• CCRP 418 - Drawing petit jury venire in orleans parish; number chosen; term of service; petit jury venire list
• CCRP 419 - Challenge of venire not permitted except for fraud or irreparable injury or systematic exclusion based on race
• CCRP 431 - Oath of grand jury
• CCRP 432 - Charge to grand jury
• CCRP 433 - Persons present during grand jury sessions
• CCRP 434 - Secrecy of grand jury meetings; procedures for crimes in other parishes
• CCRP 435 - Meetings of grand jury
• CCRP 436 - The foreman; rules of procedure
• CCRP 437 - Inquiry into offenses; authority and duties
• CCRP 438 - Duty of grand juror having knowledge of offense; investigation
• CCRP 439 - Subpoena of witnesses to appear before the grand jury
• CCRP 439.1 - Witnesses; authority to compel testimony and evidence
• CCRP 440 - Administration of oath to witnesses
• CCRP 441 - Administration of oath to other persons
• CCRP 442 - Evidence to be received by grand jury
• CCRP 443 - When indictment to be found
• CCRP 444 - Action by grand jury
• CCRP 461 - Special definitions
• CCRP 462 - Form of grand jury indictment
• CCRP 463 - Form of information
• CCRP 464 - Nature and contents of indictment
• CCRP 465 - Specific indictment forms
• CCRP 466 - Name of defendant
• CCRP 467 - Naming corporation, partnership or other unincorporated association
• CCRP 468 - Date and time
• CCRP 469 - Venue and place
• CCRP 470 - Value, price, or damage
• CCRP 471 - Ownership
• CCRP 472 - General intent
• CCRP 473 - Identification of victim
• CCRP 474 - Property described as money
• CCRP 475 - Description of written instruments and printed objects
• CCRP 476 - Description of spoken or written matter
• CCRP 477 - Meaning of words and phrases
• CCRP 478 - Judgments and other determinations
• CCRP 479 - Exceptions
• CCRP 480 - Conjunctive charging
• CCRP 481 - Theft
• CCRP 482 - Alternative offenses; special joinder rules
• CCRP 483 - Allegations of prior convictions
• CCRP 484 - Bill of particulars
• CCRP 485 - Effect of inconsistent or limiting allegations of bill of particulars
• CCRP 486 - Repugnancy; surplusage
• CCRP 487 - Defective indictment; amendment
• CCRP 487.1 - Indictment for driving while intoxicated; amendment
• CCRP 488 - Variances; amendment
• CCRP 489 - Continuance where amendment prejudicial
• CCRP 490 - Counts
• CCRP 491 - Arts. 491, 492 repealed by acts 1975, no. 528, 1
• CCRP 493 - Joinder of offenses
• CCRP 493.1 - Joinder of misdemeanors; penalties
• CCRP 493.2 - Joinder of felonies; mode of trial
• CCRP 494 - Joinder of defendants
• CCRP 495 - Objections to misjoinder
• CCRP 495.1 - Severance of offenses
• CCRP 496 - Warrant of arrest on indictment or information
• CCRP 497 - Summons in misdemeanor cases
• CCRP 498 - Copy of indictment or information
• CCRP 499 - Aids testing of the accused
• CCRP 511 - Right to counsel
• CCRP 512 - Assignment of counsel in capital cases
• CCRP 513 - Assignment of counsel in other cases
• CCRP 514 - Minute entry regarding counsel
• CCRP 515 - Substitution of counsel
• CCRP 516 - Belated pleas and motions; when authorized
• CCRP 517 - Joint representation of co-defendants; duty of court
• CCRP 521 - Time for filing of pretrial motions
• CCRP 522 - Hearings on motions; audio-visual appearance
• CCRP 523 - Notice for hearing of pretrial motions; dismissal
• CCRP 531 - Motion to quash; nature of motion
• CCRP 532 - General grounds for motion to quash
• CCRP 533 - Special grounds for motion to quash grand jury indictment
• CCRP 534 - Special grounds for motion to quash information
• CCRP 535 - Time to file motion to quash
• CCRP 536 - Form and contents of motion to quash; place to file
• CCRP 537 - Trial of issues arising on motion to quash
• CCRP 538 - Effect of sustaining motion to quash
• CCRP 551 - Arraignment of defendant
• CCRP 551.1 - Substitution of railroad defendant at arraignment
• CCRP 552 - Pleas at the arraignment
• CCRP 553 - Method of pleading
• CCRP 554 - Effect of failure to plead
• CCRP 555 - Waivers
• CCRP 556 - Plea of guilty or nolo contendere in misdemeanor cases; duty of court
• CCRP 556.1 - Plea of guilty or nolo contendere in felony cases; duty of court
• CCRP 557 - Plea of guilty in capital cases
• CCRP 558 - Plea of guilty of lesser included offense
• CCRP 558.1 - Adjudication of not guilty by reason of insanity
• CCRP 559 - Withdrawal or setting aside of plea of guilty
• CCRP 560 - Change of plea of not guilty to guilty
• CCRP 561 - Change of plea of "not guilty" to "not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity"
• CCRP 571 - Crimes for which there is no time limitation
• CCRP 571.1 - Time limitation for certain sex offenses
• CCRP 572 - Limitation of prosecution of noncapital offenses
• CCRP 573 - Running of time limitations; exception
• CCRP 573.1 - Running of time limitations; exception; exploitation of the infirmed
• CCRP 574 - Conviction and punishment for lesser offenses; limitations applicable
• CCRP 575 - Interruption of time limitations
• CCRP 576 - Filing of new charges upon dismissal of prosecution
• CCRP 577 - Pleading of limitation; burden of proof
• CCRP 578 - General rule
• CCRP 579 - Interruption of time limitation
• CCRP 580 - Suspension of time limitations
• CCRP 581 - Expiration of limitations; motion to quash; effect
• CCRP 582 - Time limitations; effect of new trial
• CCRP 583 - Interruption of time limitation where new trial
• CCRP 591 - Double jeopardy; definition
• CCRP 592 - When jeopardy begins
• CCRP 593 - Method of pleading
• CCRP 594 - Method of trial; time for disposition
• CCRP 595 - Double jeopardy; when not applicable
• CCRP 596 - Requirements for double jeopardy
• CCRP 597 - Prosecution in other jurisdiction
• CCRP 598 - Effect of verdict
• CCRP 611 - Venue; trial where offense committed
• CCRP 612 - Offenses on railway trains, vessels, aircraft, or other vehicles
• CCRP 613 - Jurisdiction of court where body of water is parish boundary
• CCRP 614 - Venue where offense committed within one hundred feet of parish boundary
• CCRP 615 - Improper venue; pleading
• CCRP 621 - Motion; form; time for filing
• CCRP 622 - Grounds for change of venue
• CCRP 623 - Change granted; transfer
• CCRP 623.1 - Capital cases; transfer of jury
• CCRP 624 - Grant of change of venue; procedure
• CCRP 625 - Transfer of defendant in custody
• CCRP 626 - Change of venue where defendant is on bail
• CCRP 627 - Appeals
• CCRP 641 - Mental incapacity to proceed defined
• CCRP 642 - How mental incapacity is raised; effect
• CCRP 643 - Order for mental examination
• CCRP 644 - Appointment of sanity commission; examination of defendant
• CCRP 644.1 - Sanity proceedings for juvenile defendants transferred to criminal court
• CCRP 645 - Report of sanity commission
• CCRP 646 - Examination by physician retained by defense or district attorney
• CCRP 647 - Determination of mental capacity to proceed
• CCRP 648 - Procedure after determination of mental capacity or incapacity
• CCRP 648.1 - Information required prior to admission
• CCRP 649 - Procedure when capacity regained
• CCRP 649.1 - Prescribed medication; administration
• CCRP 650 - Mental examination after plea of insanity
• CCRP 651 - When defense of insanity at time of offense is available; method of trial
• CCRP 652 - Burden of proof
• CCRP 653 - Testimony of members of sanity commission
• CCRP 654 - Legal effect of acquittal on ground of insanity; commitment
• CCRP 654.1 - Information required prior to admission
• CCRP 655 - Application for discharge or release on probation; review panel
• CCRP 656 - Additional mental examinations
• CCRP 657 - Discharge or release; hearing
• CCRP 657.1 - Conditional release; criteria
• CCRP 657.2 - Conditional release; additional requirements
• CCRP 658 - Probation; conditional release; reporting
• CCRP 659 - Costs of mental examinations prior to commitment
• CCRP 660 - Institutional costs after commitment
• CCRP 661 - Progress reports; responsibility to furnish
• CCRP 671 - Grounds for recusation of judge
• CCRP 672 - Recusation on court's own motion; by supreme court
• CCRP 673 - Judge may act until recused
• CCRP 674 - Procedure for recusation of trial judge
• CCRP 675 - Selection of judge ad hoc to try motion to recuse
• CCRP 676 - Judge ad hoc to try case when judge recused
• CCRP 677 - Supreme court appointment of judge ad hoc
• CCRP 678 - Recusation of judge ad hoc
• CCRP 679 - Recusation of an appellate judge and a supreme court justice
• CCRP 680 - Grounds for recusation of district attorney
• CCRP 681 - Procedure for recusation of district attorney
• CCRP 682 - Appointment of substitute for a recused district attorney
• CCRP 683 - Disability or absence of district attorney
• CCRP 683.1 - Costs of prosecution and investigation
• CCRP 684 - Review of recusation ruling
• CCRP 691 - Dismissal of prosecution by district attorney
• CCRP 692 - Dismissal of indictment after conviction
• CCRP 693 - Effect of dismissal
• CCRP 701 - Right to a speedy trial
• CCRP 702 - Setting cases for trial
• CCRP 703 - Motion to suppress evidence
• CCRP 704 - Severance
• CCRP 705 - Effects of severance
• CCRP 706 - Consolidation for trial
• CCRP 707 - Motion for continuance; time for filing
• CCRP 708 - Continuance and recess; definitions
• CCRP 709 - Continuance based on absence of a witness
• CCRP 710 - Prevention of continuance by admission of adverse party
• CCRP 711 - Trial of motion
• CCRP 712 - Discretionary grounds
• CCRP 713 - Peremptory grounds
• CCRP 714 - Continuance to defendants jointly indicted
• CCRP 715 - Continuance to definite date or indefinitely
• CCRP 716 - Statements by the defendant
• CCRP 717 - Defendant's prior criminal record
• CCRP 718 - Documents and tangible objects
• CCRP 719 - Reports of examinations and tests
• CCRP 720 - Evidence of other crimes
• CCRP 721 - Statements of coconspirators
• CCRP 722 - Confessions and inculpatory statements of codefendants
• CCRP 723 - State reports and other matters not subject to disclosure
• CCRP 724 - Documents and tangible objects
• CCRP 725 - Reports of examinations and tests
• CCRP 726 - Notice of defense based upon mental condition
• CCRP 727 - Notice of alibi
• CCRP 728 - Defense information and other matters not subject to disclosure
• CCRP 729 - Time and scope of motion by defendant
• CCRP 729.1 - Court's disposition of motion for discovery; vacation or restriction of order
• CCRP 729.2 - Time, place and manner of discovery and inspection
• CCRP 729.3 - Continuing duty to disclose
• CCRP 729.4 - Pretrial conferences
• CCRP 729.5 - Failure to comply; sanctions
• CCRP 729.6 - Applicability of discovery
• CCRP 731 - Issuance of subpoenas
• CCRP 732 - Subpoena duces tecum
• CCRP 732.1 - Subpoena duces tecum regarding sex offenses against victims who are minors
• CCRP 733 - Form
• CCRP 734 - Service of subpoena by sheriff; investigators
• CCRP 735 - Types of service
• CCRP 736 - Return of subpoena by sheriff
• CCRP 737 - Contempt; attachment of witnesses failing to appear
• CCRP 738 - Number of witnesses allowed
• CCRP 739 - Indigent defendant
• CCRP 740 - Restrictions on subpoenas; members of the legislature and personnel
• CCRP 741 - Method of obtaining a witness from another state
• CCRP 742 - Method of summoning a witness in this state to testify in another state
• CCRP 743 - Exemption from arrest and service of process
• CCRP 744 - Witness; state; defined
• CCRP 761 - Commencement of trial
• CCRP 761.1 - Homicide victim's picture; possession by family member in courtroom
• CCRP 762 - Place of sessions of court
• CCRP 763 - Proceedings on holidays
• CCRP 764 - Exclusion of witnesses
• CCRP 765 - Normal order of trial
• CCRP 766 - Opening statement by state; scope
• CCRP 767 - Same; prohibition against adverting to confessions
• CCRP 768 - Same; use of confession or inculpatory statement; notice to defendant prior to opening statement
• CCRP 769 - Same; effect on introduction of evidence
• CCRP 770 - Prejudicial remarks; basis of mistrial
• CCRP 771 - Admonition
• CCRP 772 - Comment on facts by judge in jury's presence prohibited
• CCRP 773 - Order of evidence; foundation
• CCRP 774 - Argument; scope
• CCRP 775 - Mistrial; grounds for
• CCRP 775.1 - Automatic stay following order of mistrial
• CCRP 776 - Oath of witness
• CCRP 777 - Recordation of proceedings
• CCRP 778 - Motion for acquittal
• CCRP 779 - Trial of misdemeanors
• CCRP 780 - Right to waive trial by jury
• CCRP 781 - Charges in cases tried without a jury
• CCRP 782 - Number of jurors composing jury; number which must concur; waiver
• CCRP 783 - Excusing, tendering, and attachment of members of the venire
• CCRP 784 - Method of selecting panel
• CCRP 785 - Tales jurors
• CCRP 786 - Examination of jurors
• CCRP 787 - Disqualification of petit jurors in particular cases
• CCRP 788 - Tendering jurors
• CCRP 789 - Alternate jurors
• CCRP 790 - Swearing of jurors
• CCRP 791 - Sequestration of jurors and jury
• CCRP 792 - Selection of foreman
• CCRP 793 - Use of evidence in jury room; reading of recorded testimony; jurors' notes
• CCRP 794 - Removal of jury
• CCRP 795 - Time for challenges; method; peremptory challenges based on race or gender; restrictions
• CCRP 796 - Removal of juror after swearing
• CCRP 797 - Challenge for cause
• CCRP 798 - Causes for challenge by the state
• CCRP 799 - Number of peremptory challenges
• CCRP 799.1 - Challenges; use of all available challenges
• CCRP 800 - Objection to ruling on challenge for cause
• CCRP 801 - Time for charge; when written charge required
• CCRP 802 - General charge; scope
• CCRP 803 - Same; charge as to included minor offenses and plea of insanity
• CCRP 804 - Same; charge as to presumption of innocence, reasonable doubt, and several grades of offense
• CCRP 805 - Same; charge as to verdict acquitting on account of insanity
• CCRP 806 - Prohibited charges
• CCRP 807 - Special written charges
• CCRP 808 - Manner of giving further charges after jury retires
• CCRP 809 - Judge to give jury written list of responsive verdicts
• CCRP 810 - Form of verdict; delivery of verdict
• CCRP 811 - Receipt and recordation of verdict
• CCRP 812 - Same; polling and disposition of jury
• CCRP 813 - Improper verdict; procedure
• CCRP 814 - Responsive verdicts; in particular
• CCRP 815 - Responsive verdicts; in general
• CCRP 816 - Verdict acquitting on account of insanity
• CCRP 817 - Qualifying verdicts
• CCRP 818 - Separate verdict for each defendant
• CCRP 819 - Separate verdict for each count
• CCRP 820 - Application of chapter to cases tried without a jury
• CCRP 821 - Motion for post verdict judgment of acquittal
• CCRP 822 - Motion for amending or modifying sentence
• CCRP 831 - Presence of defendant when prosecution is for felony
• CCRP 832 - Continued presence not required
• CCRP 833 - Presence of defendant when prosecution is for misdemeanor
• CCRP 834 - When presence of defendant not necessary
• CCRP 835 - Presence of defendant at pronouncement of sentence
• CCRP 836 - Presence of corporation or association
• CCRP 841 - Bill of exceptions unnecessary; objections required
• CCRP 842 - Codefendants; presumption as to objections
• CCRP 843 - Recording of proceedings
• CCRP 844 - Assignment of errors; sanctions for failure to file timely
• CCRP 845 - Repealed by acts 1982, no. 143, 3
• CCRP 851 - Grounds for new trial
• CCRP 852 - Form, content, and trial of motion for new trial
• CCRP 853 - Time for filing motion for new trial
• CCRP 854 - Newly discovered evidence; necessary allegations
• CCRP 855 - Errors discovered after verdict or judgment of guilty; necessary allegations
• CCRP 856 - Motion to urge all available grounds; exceptions
• CCRP 857 - Effect of granting new trial
• CCRP 858 - Review of ruling on motion for new trial
• CCRP 859 - Grounds for arrest of judgment
• CCRP 860 - Form, content, and trial of motion in arrest
• CCRP 861 - Time for filing motion in arrest
• CCRP 862 - Effect of sustaining motion in arrest of judgment
• CCRP 871 - Sentence defined; pronouncing and recording of sentence; certification of conviction
• CCRP 871.1 - Sentencing orders to be sent to louisiana protective order registry
• CCRP 872 - Basis for valid sentence
• CCRP 873 - Delay between conviction and sentence
• CCRP 874 - Prompt sentence required; relief by writs
• CCRP 875 - Presentence investigation; juvenile records; drug screening
• CCRP 875.1 - Repealed by acts 1995, no. 942, 3.
• CCRP 876 - Sentence for crime committed as a child
• CCRP 877 - Protection of investigation reports
• CCRP 878 - Cruel or unusual punishment
• CCRP 879 - Determinate sentence required
• CCRP 880 - Credit for prior custody
• CCRP 881 - Amendment of sentence
• CCRP 881.1 - Motion to reconsider sentence
• CCRP 881.2 - Review of sentence
• CCRP 881.3 - Record on review of sentence
• CCRP 881.4 - Action by appellate court
• CCRP 881.5 - Correction of illegal sentence by trial court
• CCRP 881.6 - Repealed by acts 1995, no. 942, 3.
• CCRP 882 - Correction of illegal sentence; review of illegal sentence
• CCRP 883 - Concurrent and consecutive sentences
• CCRP 883.1 - Sentences concurrent with sentences of other jurisdictions
• CCRP 883.2 - Restitution to victim
• CCRP 884 - Sentence of fine with imprisonment for default
• CCRP 885 - Release on payment of fine and costs
• CCRP 885.1 - Suspension of driving privileges; failure to pay criminal fines
• CCRP 886 - Enforcement of fine by civil process; offset of tax refund
• CCRP 886.1 - Judgment for fines and costs declared executory; required notice
• CCRP 887 - Defendant's liability for costs; suspension of costs; no advance costs
• CCRP 888 - Costs and fines; payment
• CCRP 889 - Collection and disposition of fines, costs, and forfeitures
• CCRP 890 - Method of service of sentence of imprisonment; labor and confinement; workday release program
• CCRP 890.1 - Sentence imposed on crimes of violence
• CCRP 890.2 - Fines for individual defendants
• CCRP 891 - Forfeiture of weapons
• CCRP 892 - Post-sentence statement by sheriff; accompanying documents
• CCRP 892.1 - Driver improvement programs
• CCRP 892.2 - Notice of controlled dangerous substance conviction; licensing authority
• CCRP 892.3 - Transfer of foreign nationals or citizens; treaty
• CCRP 893 - Suspension and deferral of sentence and probation in felony cases
• CCRP 893.1 - Motion to invoke firearm sentencing provision
• CCRP 893.2 - Discharge, use, or possession of firearm in commission of a felony or a specifically enumerated misdemeanor; hearing
• CCRP 893.3 - Sentence imposed on felony or specifically enumerated misdemeanor in which firearm was possessed, used, or discharged
• CCRP 893.4 - Inapplicability to unintentional felonies
• CCRP 893.5 - Community service in lieu of imprisonment
• CCRP 894 - Suspension and deferral of sentence; probation in misdemeanor cases
• CCRP 894.1 - Sentencing guidelines; generally
• CCRP 894.2 - Home incarceration; requirements
• CCRP 894.3 - Notice to victim for sentencing
• CCRP 894.4 - Probation; extension
• CCRP 895 - Conditions of probation
• CCRP 895.1 - Probation; restitution; judgment for restitution; fees
• CCRP 895.2 - Probation; restitution for values of wildlife
• CCRP 895.3 - Probationer transferred between states; fees
• CCRP 895.4 - Probation; fees; certified crime stoppers organizations
• CCRP 895.5 - Restitution recovery division; district attorneys; establishment
• CCRP 896 - Modifying or changing conditions of probation
• CCRP 897 - Termination of probation or suspended sentence; discharge of defendant
• CCRP 898 - Satisfaction of suspended sentence and probation
• CCRP 899 - Arrest or summons for violation of probation
• CCRP 900 - Violation hearing; sanctions
• CCRP 901 - Revocation for commission of another offense
• CCRP 901.1 - Additional sanctions for probation revocation
• CCRP 902 - Drug addict; pre-sentence investigation; voluntary treatment; conditions of probation
• CCRP 905 - Capital cases; sentencing hearing required; delay; waiver
• CCRP 905.1 - Sentencing hearing jury; commencement
• CCRP 905.2 - Sentencing hearing; procedure and evidence; jury instructions
• CCRP 905.3 - Sentence of death; jury findings
• CCRP 905.4 - Aggravating circumstances
• CCRP 905.5 - Mitigating circumstances
• CCRP 905.5.1 - Mental retardation
• CCRP 905.6 - Jury; unanimous determination
• CCRP 905.7 - Form of determination
• CCRP 905.8 - Imposition of sentence
• CCRP 905.9 - Review on appeal
• CCRP 911 - Right to appeal from judgment
• CCRP 912 - Judgments or rulings appealable
• CCRP 912.1 - Right of appeal and application for review; defendant
• CCRP 913 - Effect of appeal
• CCRP 914 - Method and time of appeal
• CCRP 914.1 - Designation of record; payment of costs; sanction
• CCRP 915 - Action on a motion for appeal; return; notice
• CCRP 915.1 - Appeals; extension of return date; notice
• CCRP 916 - Divesting of jurisdiction of trial court
• CCRP 917 - Record on appeal; preparation
• CCRP 918 - Record on appeal; certified and dated
• CCRP 919 - Record on appeal; preparation and delivery of transcripts
• CCRP 919.1 - Record on appeal; contempt
• CCRP 920 - Scope of appellate review
• CCRP 921 - Matters not grounds for reversal
• CCRP 922 - Finality of judgment on appeal
• CCRP 923 - Duty of clerk as to final decisions in appellate court
• CCRP 924 - Definitions
• CCRP 924.1 - Effect of appeal
• CCRP 925 - Venue
• CCRP 926 - Petition
• CCRP 926.1 - Application for dna testing
• CCRP 927 - Procedural objections; answer
• CCRP 928 - Dismissal upon the pleadings
• CCRP 929 - Summary disposition
• CCRP 930 - Evidentiary hearing
• CCRP 930.1 - Judgment granting or denying relief under articles 928, 929, and 930
• CCRP 930.2 - Burden of proof
• CCRP 930.3 - Grounds
• CCRP 930.4 - Repetitive applications
• CCRP 930.5 - Custody pending retrial; bail
• CCRP 930.6 - Review of trial court judgments
• CCRP 930.7 - Right to counsel
• CCRP 930.8 - Time limitations; exceptions; prejudicial delay
• CCRP 930.9 - Attendance by the petitioner
• CCRP 931 - Courts, judges, and magistrates
• CCRP 932 - Jurors, juries, and jury venires
• CCRP 933 - Offenses
• CCRP 934 - Miscellaneous definitions
• CCRP 941 - Legislative findings
• CCRP 942 - Definitions
• CCRP 943 - Preemption of conflicting provisions
• CCRP 944 - Emergency sessions of court; criteria
• CCRP 945 - Venue; affected court; emergency sessions; habeas corpus
• CCRP 946 - Jurisdiction of affected court conducting emergency sessions
• CCRP 947 - Affected court conducting emergency sessions; authority and powers
• CCRP 948 - Emergency sessions; length; recision; continuation; extensions
• CCRP 949 - Court costs and fees
• CCRP 950 - Authority of district attorney in emergency sessions of court
• CCRP 951 - Sheriff; law enforcement officer
• CCRP 952 - Clerk of affected court
• CCRP 953 - Authority of indigent defender board in emergency sessions of court
• CCRP 954 - Jury pool; emergency sessions
• CCRP 955 - Suspension of time limitations in affected courts; ninety days; recision; extensions; exceptions
• CCRP 956 - Appeals; application for supervisory writs
• CCRP 957 - Bail during emergency sessions of court; selected offenses