{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-15-432","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 15:432","heading":"Effect of legal presumptions; rebutting evidence; illustrations","body":"A legal presumption relieves him in whose favor it exists from the necessity of any proof; but may none the less be destroyed by rebutting evidence; such is the presumption attaching to the regularity of judicial proceedings; that the grand jury was legally constituted; that public officers have done their duty; that a relation or subject-matter once established, continues, but not that it pre-existed; that the defendant intended the natural and probable consequence of his act; that the defendant is innocent; that the defendant is sane and responsible for his actions; that the person in the unexplained possession of property recently stolen is the thief; that evidence under the control of a party and not produced by him was not produced because it would not have aided him; that the witnesses have told the truth.","path":["TITLE 15. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=79071","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:27Z","sha256":"d0ab334fefe5f4f8d4c3e39664da5b7f26117edd2b0950fdbf638f94dd37a15b","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-15-431","next":"us-la/rs-15-433"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}