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LA Code Crim Pro art. 21 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 21. Direct contempt

A direct contempt of court is one committed in the immediate view and presence of the court and of which it has personal knowledge; or, a contumacious failure to comply with a subpoena, summons or order to appear in court, proof of service of which appears of record; or, a contumacious failure to comply with an order sequestering a witness. A direct contempt includes, but is not limited to, any of the following acts:  (1) Contumacious failure, after notice, to appear for arraignment or trial on the day fixed therefor;  (2) Contumacious failure to comply with a subpoena or summons to appear in court, proof of service of which appears of record;  (3) Contumacious violation of an order excluding, separating, or sequestering a witness;  (4) Refusal to take the oath or affirmation as a witness, or refusal of a witness to answer a nonincriminating question when ordered to do so by the court;  (5) Contumacious, insolent, or disorderly behavior toward the judge or an attorney or other officer of the court, tending to interrupt or interfere with the business of the court or to impair its dignity or respect for its authority;  (6) Breach of the peace, boisterous conduct, or violent disturbance tending to interrupt or interfere with the business of the court or to impair its dignity or respect for its authority;  (7) Use of insulting, abusive, or discourteous language by an attorney or other person in open court, or in a motion, plea, brief, or other document, filed with the court, in irrelevant criticism of another attorney or of a judge or officer of the court;  (8) Violation of a rule of the court adopted to maintain order and decorum in the court room; or  (9) Contumacious failure to attend court as a member of a jury venire or to serve as a juror after being accepted as such when proof of service of the subpoena appears of record.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 22 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 22. Procedure for punishing direct contempt

A person who has committed a direct contempt of court may be found guilty and punished therefor by the court without any trial, after affording him an opportunity to be heard orally by way of defense or mitigation. The court shall render an order reciting the facts constituting the contempt, adjudging the person guilty thereof, and specifying the punishment imposed.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 22.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 22.1. Direct contempt; fingerprinting and photographing; exceptions

No person arrested or found guilty for the first offense of direct contempt of court either for failure to attend court as a member of a jury venire when proof of service of the summons appears on the record or for failure to comply with a subpoena to attend court to serve as a witness when proof of service of the subpoena appears on the record shall be subject to fingerprinting or have his photograph taken in any arrest or postsentence procedure. Acts 1985, No. 937, §2.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 23 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 23. Constructive contempt

A constructive contempt of court is any contempt other than a direct one. A constructive contempt includes, but is not limited to any of the following acts:  (1) Willful neglect or violation of duty by a clerk, sheriff, or other person elected, appointed, or employed to assist the court in the administration of justice;  (2) Willful disobedience of any lawful judgment, order, mandate, writ, or process of court;  (3) Removal or attempted removal of any person or of property in the custody of an officer acting under the authority of a judgment, order, mandate, writ, or process of the court;  (4) Unlawful detention of a witness, the defendant or his attorney, or the district attorney, while going to, remaining at, or returning from the court;  (5) Improper conversation by a juror or venireman with any person relative to the merits of a case which is being, or may be, tried by a jury of which the juror is a member, or of which the venireman may become a member; or receipt by a juror or venireman of a communication from any person with reference to such a case without making an immediate disclosure to the court of the substance thereof;  (6) Assuming to act as a juror, or as an attorney or other officer of the court, without lawful authority;  (7) Willful disobedience by an inferior court, judge, or other official thereof, of the lawful judgment, order, mandate, writ, or process of an appellate court, rendered in connection with an appeal from a judgment or order of the inferior court, or in connection with a review of such judgment or order under a supervisory writ.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 24 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 24. Procedure for punishing constructive contempt

A. When a person is charged with committing a constructive contempt, he shall be tried by the judge on a rule to show cause alleging the facts constituting the contempt. The rule may be issued by the court on its own motion or on motion of the district attorney. B. A certified copy of the motion and of the rule shall be served on the person charged in the manner of a subpoena not less than forty-eight hours prior to the time assigned for trial of the rule. C. A person charged with committing a constructive contempt of a court of appeal may be found guilty thereof and punished therefor after receiving a notice to show cause, by brief, to be filed not less than forty-eight hours from the date the person receives such notice, why he should not be found guilty of contempt and punished accordingly. Such notice may be sent by certified or registered mail or may be served by the sheriff. The person so charged shall be granted an oral hearing on the charge if he submits a written request to the clerk of the appellate court within forty-eight hours after receiving notice of the charge. D. If the person charged with contempt is found guilty, the court shall render an order reciting the facts constituting the contempt, adjudging the person charged with the contempt guilty thereof, and specifying the punishment imposed. Amended by Acts 1984, No. 530, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 25 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 25. Penalties for contempt

A. A person may not be adjudged guilty of a contempt of court except for misconduct defined as such, or made punishable as such, expressly by law. B. Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a court may punish a person adjudged guilty of contempt of court in connection with a criminal proceeding by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both. C. When an attorney is adjudged guilty of a direct contempt of court, the punishment shall be limited to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than twenty-four hours, or both; and, for any subsequent direct contempt of the same court by the same offender, a fine of not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both. D. A justice of the peace may punish a person adjudged guilty of a direct contempt of court by a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the parish jail for not more than twenty-four hours, or both. E. When a contempt of court consists of the omission to perform an act which is yet in the power of the person charged with contempt to perform, he may be imprisoned until he performs it, and in such a case this shall be specified in the court's order. Acts 1991, No. 508, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 25.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 25.1. Appointment of interpreter for non-English-speaking persons

A. If a non-English-speaking person who is a principal party in interest or a witness in a proceeding before the court has requested an interpreter, a judge shall appoint, after consultation with the non-English-speaking person or his attorney, a competent interpreter to interpret or to translate the proceedings to him and to interpret or translate his testimony. B. The court shall order reimbursement to the interpreter for his services at a fixed reasonable amount. Acts 2008, No. 882, §2.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 26 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 26. Power to order peace bonds

A magistrate may order a peace bond in conformity with the provisions of this Chapter.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 27 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 27. Application for peace bond; examination

An applicant for a peace bond shall file an affidavit charging that the defendant has threatened or is about to commit a specified breach of the peace. The magistrate with whom the application is filed may examine under oath the complainant and any witnesses produced.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 28 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 28. Issuance of summons or warrant of arrest

If the magistrate is satisfied that there is just cause to fear that the defendant is about to commit the threatened offense, he shall issue a summons ordering the defendant to appear before him at a specified time and date. The magistrate may issue a warrant of arrest when imminent and serious harm is threatened.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 29 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 29. Peace bond hearing; costs

A. When a defendant appears before the magistrate, a contradictory hearing to determine the validity of the complaint shall be held immediately either in chambers or in open court. If the magistrate determines that there is just cause to fear that the defendant is about to commit the threatened offense, he may order the defendant to give a peace bond. Otherwise, he shall discharge the defendant. B. The applicant for a peace bond shall pay as advanced court costs a fee of fifteen dollars for each defendant summoned to a hearing. If the magistrate discharges the defendant, the costs shall be paid by the applicant. If the magistrate orders the defendant to give a peace bond, the costs shall be paid instead by the defendant. However, the court may assess those costs, or any part thereof, against any party, as it may consider equitable. An applicant for a peace bond who is seeking protection from domestic abuse, dating violence, stalking, or sexual assault shall not be required to prepay or be cast with court costs or cost of service or subpoena for the issuance of a peace bond. C. Costs may be waived for an indigent applicant or defendant who complies with the provisions of Chapter 5 of Book IX of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure.1 The proceeds derived from these costs shall be deposited and used by the court in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:1899(B). Amended by Acts 1979, No. 445, §1; Acts 2003, No. 750, §2. 1LSA-C.C.P. Art. 5181 et seq.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 30 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 30. The peace bond

A. The peace bond shall be for a specified period, not to exceed six months, and its condition shall be that the defendant will not commit the threatened or any related breach of the peace. The bond shall be for a sum fixed by the magistrate. When fixed by a justice of the peace, the maximum amount of the bond shall not exceed one thousand dollars. B. If the peace bond is for the purpose of preventing domestic abuse or dating violence, the magistrate shall cause to have prepared a Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(C), shall sign such order, and shall immediately forward it to the clerk of court for filing on the day that the order is issued. The clerk of the issuing court shall transmit the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order to the Judicial Administrator's Office, Louisiana Supreme Court, for entry into the Louisiana Protective Order Registry, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(A), by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the clerk of court. The clerk of the issuing court shall also send a copy of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order, as provided in R.S. 46:2136.2(C), or any modification thereof, to the chief law enforcement officer of the parish where the person or persons protected by the order reside by facsimile transmission or direct electronic input as expeditiously as possible, but no later than the end of the next business day after the order is filed with the clerk of court. A copy of the Uniform Abuse Prevention Order shall be retained on file in the office of the chief law enforcement officer until otherwise directed by the court. C. The peace bond obligation shall run in favor of the clerk or judge of the court ordering the bond, in favor of the city when ordered by the mayor of a mayor's court, or in favor of the police jury when the bond is ordered by a justice of the peace. The proceeds shall be disposed of in the manner provided by law. D. The types of security for a peace bond shall be governed by the bail bond rules set forth in Title VIII, as far as applicable. Amended by Acts 1979, No. 289, §1; Acts 2003, No. 750, §2; Acts 2014, No. 317, §6.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 31 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 31. Failure to give peace bond; effect

If the defendant fails to give the peace bond required under Articles 29 and 30, he shall be committed to jail. The defendant may be discharged by the committing or some other magistrate upon giving bond as ordered. The committing magistrate may revoke or modify his order for a peace bond. A defendant who has been committed for failure to give a peace bond ordered by a justice of the peace may not be held longer than five days.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 32 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 32. Forfeiture of peace bond

When the magistrate determines that a breach of peace in violation of a peace bond has been committed, he shall order a forfeiture of the bond and send notice of the forfeiture by certified mail to the defendant and to his surety. If neither the defendant nor his surety appears within fifteen days to contest the forfeiture, the order shall become final and executory.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 33 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 33. Automatic discharge

A peace bond is automatically discharged at the end of thirty days from the expiration of the period specified therein, unless a proceeding to declare a forfeiture has been brought within that time.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 61 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 61. District attorney; powers and duties

Subject to the supervision of the attorney general, as provided in Article 62, the district attorney has entire charge and control of every criminal prosecution instituted or pending in his district, and determines whom, when, and how he shall prosecute.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 62 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 62. Authority of attorney general; supervision of district attorney

A. The attorney general shall exercise supervision over all district attorneys in the state. B. The attorney general has authority to institute and prosecute, or to intervene in any proceeding, as he may deem necessary for the assertion or protection of the rights and interests of the state. C. In any criminal action or proceeding involving a homicidal death, if deemed necessary for the assertion or protection of the rights and interests of the state, and in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the attorney general may, with the consent of the district attorney, investigate, prosecute or intervene in the action or proceeding. Acts 2003, No. 1223, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 63 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 63. District attorney; assistance of other counsel

The district attorney may employ or accept the assistance of other counsel in the conduct of a criminal case.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 64 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 64. Relationship of district attorney with grand jury

The district attorney is the representative of the state before the grand jury and is its legal advisor. He shall be notified of and has the right to be present at all sessions of the grand jury, except while it is deliberating and voting. He shall examine witnesses before the grand jury.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 65 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 65. Defense of prosecution unlawful

It is unlawful for the following officers or their law partners to defend or assist in the defense of any person charged with an offense in any parish of the state:  (1) Any district attorney or assistant district attorney; or  (2) The attorney general or any assistant attorney general, provided that the provisions of this article shall not apply to the law partners of any assistant attorney general not employed to handle criminal matters for the attorney general, when any such law partner is judicially appointed to defend an indigent defendant. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 220, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 66 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 66. Subpoena of witness to appear before attorney general and district attorney

A. Upon written motion of the attorney general or district attorney setting forth reasonable grounds therefor, the court may order the clerk to issue subpoenas directed to the persons named in the motion, ordering them to appear at a time and place designated in the order for questioning by the attorney general or district attorney respectively, concerning any offense under investigation by him. The court may also order the issuance of a subpoena duces tecum. Service of a subpoena or subpoena duces tecum issued pursuant to this Article upon motion of the attorney general may be made by any commissioned investigator from the attorney general's office, or in conformity with Article 734 of this Code. B. The contumacious failure or refusal of the person subpoenaed to appear is punishable as a contempt of court. C. The attorney general or district attorney, respectively, may determine who shall be present during the examination and may order all persons excluded, except counsel for the person subpoenaed. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 408, §1; Acts 1999, No. 863, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 101 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 101. Abolition of coroner's jury and inquest; investigation by coroner

The coroner's jury and inquest are abolished. The coroner shall conduct an investigation concerning the manner and cause of any death when informed that death has resulted from violence or accident, or under suspicious circumstances. The coroner may conduct an investigation concerning the medical aspects of any case that may involve medical evidence and in which there is a reasonable probability that a criminal statute has been violated and shall do so when ordered by the court. This order may be issued ex parte by the court either on its own motion or on application by the district attorney.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 102 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 102. Autopsy

The coroner may perform an autopsy in any death case or cause one to be performed by a competent physician. He shall do so:  (1) When there is a reasonable probability that the violation of a criminal statute has contributed to the death;  (2) When ordered by the court, which order may be issued ex parte by the court either on its own motion or on application by the district attorney; or  (3) In all other cases provided by law. Acts 1987, No. 878, §2.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 103 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 103. Subpoena of witnesses; testimony; subpoena duces tecum; issuance

A. The coroner may issue a subpoena or a subpoena duces tecum in the course of an investigation, directing a witness to appear and testify at an open hearing to be held at a time and place designated in the subpoena or directing the production of medical records and other documents relating to a deceased person which are necessary to classify the cause and manner of death. The subpoena shall be served in the same manner and with the same effect as a subpoena for a witness at a trial. B.(1) The subpoena duces tecum shall be filed in and issued by the district court in the domicile of the coroner, and may be served by a coroner investigator. (2) Production of the records, or a copy thereof, shall be made at the office of the coroner within five days of service of the subpoena duces tecum. (3) All records produced pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum issued in accordance with this Paragraph are confidential unless otherwise ordered by the court. However, a subpoena duces tecum for the production of a public record does not alter the public nature of that record. (4) Any person acting pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be immune from liability for production or disclosure to the coroner of the records identified in the subpoena duces tecum. (5) Failure to comply with a subpoena duces tecum issued under this Article is punishable as contempt of court. C. The witness shall be sworn, in accordance with Article 14, by the coroner or another person authorized to administer oaths, and the testimony may be reduced to writing. If the testimony is reduced to writing, the transcript shall be available for inspection by a person requesting it. Failure of a witness to appear is punishable as a constructive contempt of court. D. No provision of this Article shall be deemed to amend, supersede, or repeal the provisions of R.S. 45:1455 et seq. Acts 1995, No. 887, §1.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 104 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 104. Employment of expert assistants

The coroner may use expert assistants in the conduct of an investigation, or in the performance of an autopsy.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 105 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 105. Coroner's report; admissibility in evidence

In a case involving the apparent commission of a crime, the coroner shall make a written report of his investigation to the district attorney within ten days after the completion thereof. In homicide cases the coroner's report shall certify the cause of death. The report shall be in addition to the procès verbal of an autopsy required by R.S. 13:5715. A coroner's report and a procès verbal of an autopsy shall be competent evidence of death and the cause thereof, but not of any other fact.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 106 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 106. Arrest of criminal suspect

If an investigation by the coroner indicates that a crime has been committed by a person who is not in custody, the coroner may arrest him. The coroner shall deliver the person arrested to a peace officer.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 131 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 131. Duties and powers

Clerks, sheriffs, constables, marshals, stenographers, and other court officers have such powers and perform such duties as are conferred upon them by law.
LA Code Crim Pro art. 161 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Code of Criminal Procedure|Art. 161. Property subject to seizure

A. Except as authorized by Article 163.1, a judge may issue a warrant authorizing the search for and seizure of any thing within the territorial jurisdiction of the court which: (1) Has been the subject of theft. (2) Is intended for use or has been used as a means of committing an offense. (3) May constitute evidence tending to prove the commission of an offense. B. A judge of a city court located in the city of Bastrop may, only with the consent of the judicial district court, issue a warrant authorizing the search for and seizure of anything within the territorial jurisdiction of the district court. C. A judge may also issue a search warrant in all other cases specifically provided by law. A justice of the peace may issue a search warrant only in those cases specifically provided by law. Acts 1993, No. 846, §1; Acts 2005, No. 38, §1; Acts 2011, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 16, §1.