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Louisiana | RS 13:2519 Procedure for granting probation to convicted defendants in Municipal and Traffic Courts of New Orleans | Rabbit Crowd Library
NOTE: §2519 (A) eff. until Jan. 1, 2017. See Acts 2014, No. 845, §1.
§2519. Procedure for granting probation to convicted defendants in Municipal and Traffic Courts of New Orleans
NOTE: §2519 (A) as amended by Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
§2519. Procedure for granting probation to convicted defendants in the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans
A. The judges of the Municipal and Traffic Court of New Orleans may in their discretion, and where the circumstances of the case merit it, suspend the execution or imposition of any sentence, or defer the imposition of same, in any case where the defendant has pleaded guilty or been found guilty of a misdemeanor in a case before them. This may be done even though the defendant has begun to serve the sentence. The period of probation during which the sentence shall be suspended or deferred shall be fixed by the court at not less than six months and not more than eighteen months.
B. During the period of probation, the defendant may be compelled to report periodically to the court.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 315, §1; Acts 2012, No. 731, §1; Acts 2014, No. 845, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.