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- RS 15:159 · Repealed by Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §3, eff. March 20, 2024.
- RS 15:160 · Repealed by Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §3, eff. March 20, 2024.
- RS 15:161 · District public defender; powers; duties; accounting; audit reporting; existing district public defenders continued; establishment of office of the district public defender
- RS 15:162 · Vacancies in position of district public defender; formation of district public defender selection committee; powers and duties of committee; process for filling vacancy for district public defender; interim district public defender
- RS 15:162.1 · Repealed by Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §3, eff. March 20, 2024.
- RS 15:163 · Regionalization of district public defender services by office
- RS 15:164 · Regional defense service centers
- RS 15:165 · Methods of delivery of public defender services; selection of methods; emergency circumstances
- RS 15:166 · Disbursement of funds
- RS 15:167 · Louisiana Public Defender Fund
- RS 15:168 · Judicial district indigent defender fund
- RS 15:169 · Representation of capital defendants
- RS 15:170 · Disciplinary action; sanctions of district public defenders; just cause; hearing
- RS 15:171 · (Reserved).
- RS 15:172 · (Reserved).
- RS 15:173 · Right of action not created
- RS 15:174 · Special reporting requirements; penalties
- RS 15:175 · Proceedings to determine indigency
- RS 15:176 · Partial reimbursement by indigents
- RS 15:177 · (Reserved)
- RS 15:178 · Appointment of appellate and post-conviction counsel in death penalty case
- RS 15:179 · Appointment of counsel at parole revocation and prerevocation hearings
- RS 15:180 · Special reporting requirements
- RS 15:181 · Limited effect
- RS 15:182 · Limited effect in capital cases
- RS 15:183 · Effect of signing of pleadings
- RS 15:184 · (Reserved)
- RS 15:185.1 · Purpose
- RS 15:185.2 · Definitions
- RS 15:185.3 · Indigent Parents' Representation Program; duties of the office; subject to appropriation
- RS 15:185.4 · Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent parents; rulemaking
- RS 15:185.5 · Repealed by Acts 2018, No. 612, §22, eff. July 1, 2020.
- RS 15:185.6 · Special reporting requirements; indigent parent representation cases; penalties
- RS 15:185.7 · Rights of action; interpretation of Part
- RS 15:185.8 · Auditing; district reporting
- RS 15:185.9 · Repealed by Acts 2024, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 22, §3, eff. March 20, 2024.
- RS 15:186.1 · Purpose
- RS 15:186.2 · Definitions
- RS 15:186.3 · Safe Return Representation Program; duties of the office; subject to appropriation
- RS 15:186.4 · Standards and guidelines for representation of indigent children in custody; rulemaking
- RS 15:186.5 · Safe Return Representation Program Fund
- RS 15:186.6 · Implementation of Safe Return Representation Fund
- RS 15:191 · Place of trial of criminal neglect of family cases
- RS 15:211 · Procedures in handling defendants committed to mental institutions because of lack of capacity to stand trial
- RS 15:221 · Appointment of substitute judge by supreme court
- RS 15:241 · Medical, psychological, psychiatric examination of certain victims under age eighteen; polygraph examinations; prohibition
- RS 15:242 · Pretrial diversion for driving while intoxicated; reporting
- RS 15:243 · 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
- RS 15:244 · Military pretrial diversion program
- RS 15:251 · Blank
- RS 15:252 · Witnesses' fees and mileage
- RS 15:253 · Witnesses not residents of parish
- RS 15:254 · Sheriffs, jurors and law enforcement officers not entitled to witness fees
- RS 15:254.1 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of New Iberia
- RS 15:254.2 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish
- RS 15:254.3 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of Lafayette
- RS 15:254.4 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; Twenty-Seventh Judicial District Court, St. Landry Parish
- RS 15:254.5 · Plans for witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers; Ascension Parish
- RS 15:254.6 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Welsh
- RS 15:254.7 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; City Court of East St. Tammany
- RS 15:254.8 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; mayor's court, town of Vinton
- RS 15:254.9 · Compensation of off-duty law enforcement officers; parish of Plaquemines
- RS 15:255 · Witness fees to off-duty law enforcement officers
- RS 15:255.1 · Witness fees to retired or former law enforcement officers
- RS 15:256 · Fees where more than one case on same day
- RS 15:257 · Placing material witness under bond; exception for victims
- RS 15:257.1 · Exception for material witness warrants for victims of sex offenses and intimate partner violence; legislative intent
- RS 15:258 · Taking deposition of witness imprisoned in default of bond
- RS 15:259 · Admissibility of depositions taken in jail
- RS 15:260 · Production of certain records of a victim; conditions
- RS 15:261 · Disposition of witness or appearance fees for off-duty law enforcement officers
- RS 15:262 · Repealed by Acts 2009, No. 263, §4.
- RS 15:270 · Interpreters for deaf or severely hearing-impaired persons
- RS 15:271 · Plea of not guilty; burden of proof
- RS 15:272 · Order for substitution of certified copy of missing document
- RS 15:273 · Right of accused to be confronted with witnesses
- RS 15:274 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:275 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:276 · Self-incrimination of witness
- RS 15:277 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:278 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:279 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:280 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:281 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:282 · Repealed by Acts 1988, No. 515, §8., eff. Jan. 1, 1989.
- RS 15:283 · Protected person; testimony taken outside courtroom
- RS 15:284 · Facility dogs; use in court; procedure
- RS 15:291 · Right of accused to have testimony taken down; provision for paying
- RS 15:301 · Remittance of fine or imprisonment
- RS 15:301.1 · Sentences without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence; correction
- RS 15:302 · Sentences to prison districts; persons excluded
- RS 15:303 · Maximum fine or imprisonment when not specified
- RS 15:304 · Expenses to be paid by parishes; juror's fee in city of New Orleans
- RS 15:305 · Probation in neglect of family cases
- RS 15:306 · Operating a vehicle while intoxicated; additional conditions of probation; ignition interlock devices
- RS 15:307 · Ignition interlock devices; installation and certification
- RS 15:307.1 · Ignition interlock affordability
- RS 15:308 · Ameliorative penalty provisions; retroactivity; amendment of sentence; time limitations
- RS 15:321 · Purpose; duties of the commission; conducting of evaluation of sentencing structure; report
- RS 15:322 · Louisiana Sentencing Commission