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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:19. Use of force or violence in defense

RS 14:19 - Use of force or violence in defense
A.(1) The use of force or violence upon the person of another is justifiable under either of the following circumstances:
(a) When committed for the purpose of preventing a forcible offense against the person or a forcible offense or trespass against property in a person's lawful possession, provided that the force or violence used must be reasonable and apparently necessary to prevent such offense.
(b)(i) When committed by a person lawfully inside a dwelling, a place of business, or a motor vehicle as defined in R.S. 32:1(40) when the conflict began, against a person who is attempting to make an unlawful entry into the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle, or who has made an unlawful entry into the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle, and the person using the force or violence reasonably believes that the use of force or violence is necessary to prevent the entry or to compel the intruder to leave the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle.
(ii) The provisions of this Paragraph shall not apply when the person using the force or violence is engaged, at the time of the use of force or violence in the acquisition of, the distribution of, or possession of, with intent to distribute a controlled dangerous substance in violation of the provisions of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law.
(2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Section shall not apply where the force or violence results in a homicide.
B. For the purposes of this Section, there shall be a presumption that a person lawfully inside a dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle held a reasonable belief that the use of force or violence was necessary to prevent unlawful entry thereto, or to compel an unlawful intruder to leave the premises or motor vehicle, if both of the following occur:
(1) The person against whom the force or violence was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcibly entering or had unlawfully and forcibly entered the dwelling, place of business, or motor vehicle.
(2) The person who used force or violence knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry was occurring or had occurred.
C. A person who is not engaged in unlawful activity and who is in a place where he or she has a right to be shall have no duty to retreat before using force or violence as provided for in this Section and may stand his or her ground and meet force with force.
D. No finder of fact shall be permitted to consider the possibility of retreat as a factor in determining whether or not the person who used force or violence in defense of his person or property had a reasonable belief that force or violence was reasonable and apparently necessary to prevent a forcible offense or to prevent the unlawful entry.
Acts 2006, No. 141, §1; Acts 2014, No. 163, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:20.1. Investigation of death due to violence or suspicious circumstances when claim of self-defense is raised

RS 14:20.1 - Investigation of death due to violence or suspicious circumstances when claim of self-defense is raised
Whenever a death results from violence or under suspicious circumstances and a claim of self-defense is raised, the appropriate law enforcement agency and coroner shall expeditiously conduct a full investigation of the death. All evidence of such investigation shall be preserved.
Acts 2012, No. 690, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:21. Aggressor cannot claim self defense

RS 14:21 - Aggressor cannot claim self defense
A person who is the aggressor or who brings on a difficulty cannot claim the right of self-defense unless he withdraws from the conflict in good faith and in such a manner that his adversary knows or should know that he desires to withdraw and discontinue the conflict.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:25. Accessories after the fact

RS 14:25 - Accessories after the fact
An accessory after the fact is any person who, after the commission of a felony, shall harbor, conceal, or aid the offender, knowing or having reasonable ground to believe that he has committed the felony, and with the intent that he may avoid or escape from arrest, trial, conviction, or punishment.
An accessory after the fact may be tried and punished, notwithstanding the fact that the principal felon may not have been arrested, tried, convicted, or amenable to justice.
Whoever becomes an accessory after the fact shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or both; provided that in no case shall his punishment be greater than one-half of the maximum provided by law for a principal offender.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:26. Criminal conspiracy

RS 14:26 - Criminal conspiracy
A. Criminal conspiracy is the agreement or combination of two or more persons for the specific purpose of committing any crime; provided that an agreement or combination to commit a crime shall not amount to a criminal conspiracy unless, in addition to such agreement or combination, one or more of such parties does an act in furtherance of the object of the agreement or combination.
B. If the intended basic crime has been consummated, the conspirators may be tried for either the conspiracy or the completed offense, and a conviction for one shall not bar prosecution for the other.
C. Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit any crime shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the same manner as for the offense contemplated by the conspirators; provided, however, whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit a crime punishable by death or life imprisonment shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than thirty years.
D. Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit any other crime shall be fined or imprisoned, or both, in the same manner as for the offense contemplated by the conspirators; but such fine or imprisonment shall not exceed one-half of the largest fine, or one-half the longest term of imprisonment prescribed for such offense, or both.
Amended by Acts 1977, No. 538, §1; Acts 2013, No. 220, §4, eff. June 11, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:28. Inciting a felony

RS 14:28 - Inciting a felony
A. Inciting a felony is the endeavor by one or more persons to incite or procure another person to commit a felony.
B. Whoever commits the crime of inciting a felony shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years, or both.
C. If an offender over the age of seventeen years commits the crime of inciting a felony by endeavoring to incite or procure a person under the age of seventeen years to commit a felony, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.
Amended by Acts 1968, No. 647, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 131, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:28.1. Solicitation for murder

RS 14:28.1 - Solicitation for murder
A. Solicitation for murder is the intentional solicitation by one person of another to commit or cause to be committed a first or second degree murder.
B. Whoever commits the crime of solicitation for murder shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than five years nor more than twenty years.
Acts 1985, No. 576, §1, eff. July 13, 1985; Acts 2001, No. 851, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:29. Homicide

RS 14:29 - Homicide
Homicide is the killing of a human being by the act, procurement, or culpable omission of another. Criminal homicide is of five grades:
(1) First degree murder.
(2) Second degree murder.
(3) Manslaughter.
(4) Negligent homicide.
(5) Vehicular homicide.
Amended by Acts 1973, No. 110, §1; Acts 1978, No. 393, §1; Acts 1983, No. 635, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:30.1. Second degree murder

RS 14:30.1 - Second degree murder
A. Second degree murder is the killing of a human being:
(1) When the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm; or
(2) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated or first degree rape, forcible or second degree rape, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, second degree kidnapping, aggravated escape, assault by drive-by shooting, armed robbery, first degree robbery, second degree robbery, simple robbery, cruelty to juveniles, second degree cruelty to juveniles, or terrorism, even though he has no intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm.
(3) When the offender unlawfully distributes or dispenses a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedules I through V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, or any combination thereof, which is the direct cause of the death of the recipient who ingested or consumed the controlled dangerous substance.
(4) When the offender unlawfully distributes or dispenses a controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedules I through V of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Law, or any combination thereof, to another who subsequently distributes or dispenses such controlled dangerous substance which is the direct cause of the death of the person who ingested or consumed the controlled dangerous substance.
B. Whoever commits the crime of second degree murder shall be punished by life imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 111, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 380, §1; Acts 1976, No. 657, §2; Acts 1977, No. 121, §1; Acts 1978, No. 796, §1; Acts 1979, No. 74, §1, eff. June 29, 1979; Acts 1987, No. 465, §1; Acts 1987, No. 653, §1; Acts 1993, No. 496, §1; Acts 1997, No. 563, §1; Acts 1997, No. 899, §1; Acts 2006, No. 53, §1; Acts 2008, No. 451, §2, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 155, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:31. Manslaughter

RS 14:31 - Manslaughter
A. Manslaughter is:
(1) A homicide which would be murder under either Article 30 (first degree murder) or Article 30.1 (second degree murder), but the offense is committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation sufficient to deprive an average person of his self-control and cool reflection. Provocation shall not reduce a homicide to manslaughter if the jury finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed; or
(2) A homicide committed, without any intent to cause death or great bodily harm.
(a) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any felony not enumerated in Article 30 or 30.1, or of any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person; or
(b) When the offender is resisting lawful arrest by means, or in a manner, not inherently dangerous, and the circumstances are such that the killing would not be murder under Article 30 or 30.1.
(3) When the offender commits or attempts to commit any crime of violence as defined by R.S. 14:2(B), which is part of a continuous sequence of events resulting in the death of a human being where it was foreseeable that the offender's conduct during the commission of the crime could result in death or great bodily harm to a human being, even if the offender has no intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm. For purposes of this Paragraph, it shall be immaterial whether or not the person who performed the direct act resulting in the death was acting in concert with the offender.
B. Whoever commits manslaughter shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than forty years. However, if the victim killed was under the age of ten years, the offender shall be imprisoned at hard labor, without benefit of probation or suspension of sentence, for not less than ten years nor more than forty years.
Amended by Acts 1973, No. 127, §1; Acts 1991, No. 864, §1; Acts 1992, No. 306, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 115, §1; Acts 2008, No. 10, §1; Acts 2020, No. 105, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:32.5. Feticide defined; exceptions

RS 14:32.5 - Feticide defined; exceptions
A. Feticide is the killing of an unborn child by the act, procurement, or culpable omission of a person other than the mother of the unborn child. The offense of feticide shall not include acts which cause the death of an unborn child if those acts were committed during any abortion to which the pregnant woman or her legal guardian has consented or which was performed in an emergency as defined in R.S. 40:1061.23. Nor shall the offense of feticide include acts which are committed pursuant to usual and customary standards of medical practice during diagnostic testing or therapeutic treatment.
B. Criminal feticide is of three grades:
(1) First degree feticide.
(2) Second degree feticide.
(3) Third degree feticide.
Acts 1989, No. 777, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:32.6. First degree feticide

RS 14:32.6 - First degree feticide
A. First degree feticide is:
(1) The killing of an unborn child when the offender has a specific intent to kill or to inflict great bodily harm.
(2) The killing of an unborn child when the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of aggravated or first degree rape, forcible or second degree rape, aggravated arson, aggravated burglary, aggravated kidnapping, second degree kidnapping, assault by drive-by shooting, aggravated escape, armed robbery, first degree robbery, second degree robbery, cruelty to juveniles, second degree cruelty to juveniles, terrorism, or simple robbery, even though he has no intent to kill or inflict great bodily harm.
B. Whoever commits the crime of first degree feticide shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than fifteen years.
Acts 1989, No. 777, §1; Acts 2004, No. 650, §1; Acts 2006, No. 144, §1; Acts 2015, No. 184, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:32.7. Second degree feticide

RS 14:32.7 - Second degree feticide
A. Second degree feticide is:
(1) The killing of an unborn child which would be first degree feticide, but the offense is committed in sudden passion or heat of blood immediately caused by provocation of the mother of the unborn child sufficient to deprive an average person of his self control and cool reflection. Provocation shall not reduce a first degree feticide to second degree feticide if the jury finds that the offender's blood had actually cooled, or that an average person's blood would have cooled, at the time the offense was committed.
(2) A feticide committed without any intent to cause death or great bodily harm:
(a) When the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any felony not enumerated in Article 32.6 (first degree feticide), or of any intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person; or
(b) When the offender is resisting lawful arrest by means, or in a manner, not inherently dangerous, and the circumstances are such that the killing would not be first degree feticide under Article 32.6.
B. Whoever commits the crime of second degree feticide shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than ten years.
Acts 1989, No. 777, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:32.8. Third degree feticide

RS 14:32.8 - Third degree feticide
A. Third degree feticide is:
(1) The killing of an unborn child by criminal negligence. The violation of a statute or ordinance shall be considered only as presumptive evidence of such negligence.
(2) The killing of an unborn child caused proximately or caused directly by an offender engaged in the operation of, or in actual physical control of, any motor vehicle, aircraft, vessel, or other means of conveyance whether or not the offender had the intent to cause death or great bodily harm whenever any of the following conditions exist and such condition was a contributing factor to the killing:
(a) The offender is under the influence of alcoholic beverages as determined by chemical tests administered under the provisions of R.S. 32:662.
(b) The offender's blood alcohol concentration is 0.08 percent or more by weight based upon grams of alcohol per one hundred cubic centimeters of blood.
(c) The offender is under the influence of any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V as set forth in R.S. 40:964.
(d) The offender is under the influence of alcoholic beverages.
(e)(i) The offender is under the influence of a combination of alcohol and one or more drugs which are not controlled dangerous substances and which are legally obtainable with or without a prescription.
(ii) It shall be an affirmative defense to any charge under this Subparagraph that the label on the container of the prescription drug or the manufacturer's package of the drug does not contain a warning against combining the medication with alcohol.
(f) The offender is under the influence of one or more drugs which are not controlled dangerous substances and which are legally obtainable with or without a prescription and the influence is caused by the offender's knowingly consuming quantities of the drug or drugs which substantially exceed the dosage prescribed by the physician or the dosage recommended by the manufacturer of the drug.
(g) The operator's blood has any detectable amount of any controlled dangerous substance listed in Schedule I, II, III, or IV as set forth in R.S. 40:964, or a metabolite of such controlled dangerous substance, that has not been medically ordered or prescribed for the individual.
B. Whoever commits the crime of third degree feticide shall be fined not less than two thousand dollars and shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years.
Acts 1989, No. 777, §1; Acts 2001, No. 781, §1, eff. Sept. 30, 2003; Acts 2001, No. 1163, §5; Acts 2006, No. 131, §1; Acts 2008, No. 451, §2, eff. June 25, 2008; Acts 2012, No. 662, §1, eff. June 7, 2012.
NOTE: Section 6 of Acts 2001, No. 781 provides that the provisions of the Act shall become null and of no effect if and when Section 351 of P.L. 106-346 regarding the withholding of federal highway funds for failure to enact a 0.08 percent blood alcohol level is repealed or invalidated for any reason.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:32.9.1. Redesignated as R.S. 14:87.11 by Acts 2022, No. 545, §6A.

RS 14:32.9.1 - Redesignated as R.S. 14:87.11 by Acts 2022, No. 545, §6A.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:32.12. Criminal assistance to suicide

RS 14:32.12 - Criminal assistance to suicide
A. Criminal assistance to suicide is:
(1) The intentional advising or encouraging of another person to commit suicide or the providing of the physical means or the knowledge of such means to another person for the purpose of enabling the other person to commit or attempt to commit suicide.
(2) The intentional advising, encouraging, or assisting of another person to commit suicide, or the participation in any physical act which causes, aids, abets, or assists another person in committing or attempting to commit suicide.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "suicide" means the intentional and deliberate act of taking one's own life through the performance of an act intended to result in death.
C. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to any licensed physician or other authorized licensed health care professional who either:
(1) Withholds or withdraws medical treatment in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:1151.7.
(2) Prescribes, dispenses, or administers any medication, treatment, or procedure if the intent is to relieve the patient's pain or suffering and not to cause death.
D. Whoever commits the crime of criminal assistance to suicide shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than ten years or fined not more than ten thousand dollars, or both.
Acts 1995, No. 384, §1, eff. June 16, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34. Aggravated battery

RS 14:34 - Aggravated battery
A. Aggravated battery is a battery committed with a dangerous weapon.
B. Whoever commits an aggravated battery shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than ten years, or both. At least one year of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence if the offender knew or should have known that the victim is an active member of the United States Armed Forces or is a disabled veteran and the aggravated battery was committed because of that status.
C. For purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Active member of the United States Armed Forces" shall mean an active member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard.
(2) "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard who is disabled as determined by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 708, §1; Acts 2012, No. 40, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.1. Second degree battery

RS 14:34.1 - Second degree battery
A. Second degree battery is a battery when the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury; however, this provision shall not apply to a medical provider who has obtained the consent of a patient.
B. For purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Active member of the United States Armed Forces" shall mean an active member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard.
(2) "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard who is disabled as determined by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
C. Whoever commits the crime of second degree battery shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than eight years, or both. At least eighteen months of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence if the offender knew or should have known that the victim is an active member of the United States Armed Forces or is a disabled veteran and the second degree battery was committed because of that status.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2009, No. 264, §1; Acts 2012, No. 40, §1; Acts 2014, No. 722, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.3. Battery of a school teacher

RS 14:34.3 - Battery of a school teacher
A. Battery of a school teacher is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a school teacher acting in the performance of employment duties.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "School teacher" shall include any teacher or instructor, administrator, staff person, or employee of any public or private elementary, secondary, vocational-technical training, special, or postsecondary school or institution. For purposes of this Section, "school teacher" shall also include any teacher aide and paraprofessional, school bus driver, food service worker, and other clerical, custodial, or maintenance personnel employed by a city, parish, or other local public school board.
(2) "School" means any public or nonpublic elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-technical school, college, special, or postsecondary school or institution, or university in this state.
(3) "Student" means any person registered or enrolled at the school where the school teacher is employed.
C. Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school teacher shall be punished as follows:
(1) If the battery was committed by a student, upon conviction, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than one year. At least seventy-two hours of the sentence imposed shall be imposed without benefit of suspension of sentence.
(2) If the battery was committed by someone who is not a student, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.
(3) If the battery produces an injury that requires medical attention, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.
Acts 1985, No. 871, §1; Acts 1994, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 44, §1; Acts 1999, No. 936, §1; Acts 2008, No. 295, §1, eff. June 17, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 283, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.4. Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official

RS 14:34.4 - Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official
A.(1) Battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a school athletic or recreation contest official actively engaged in the conducting, supervising, refereeing, or officiating of a school-sanctioned interscholastic athletic contest or a sanctioned recreation athletic contest.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "school athletic contest official" means any referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or school or school board employee of any public or private elementary and secondary school.
(3) For purposes of this Section, "recreation athletic contest official" means any referee, umpire, coach, instructor, administrator, staff person, or recreation employee of any public or quasi public recreation program.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not less than five days nor more than six months without benefit of suspension of sentence.
(2) Whoever commits the crime of battery of a school or recreation athletic contest official which results in serious bodily injury to the victim shall be fined not less than one thousand dollars and not more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned for not less than ten days nor more than six months.
(3)(a) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order the offender to perform forty hours of court-approved community service work.
(b) In addition to any other penalty imposed, the court shall order the offender to participate in a court-approved counseling program which may include anger management, abusive behavior intervention groups, or any other type of counseling deemed appropriate by the court. Any costs associated with the counseling program shall be borne by the offender.
(c) Participation in the community service and counseling program required by the provisions of Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of this Paragraph shall not be suspended.
(d) Failure to successfully complete the community service work and counseling program, as determined by the supervisor of the program to which he is assigned, may result in revocation of probation.
Acts 1990, No. 675, §1; Acts 1999, No. 1046, §1; Acts 2014, No. 815, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.5. Battery of a correctional facility employee

RS 14:34.5 - Battery of a correctional facility employee
A.(1) Battery of a correctional facility employee is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a correctional facility employee acting in the performance of his duty.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "correctional facility employee" means any employee of any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, halfway house, or detention facility.
(3) For purposes of this Section, "battery of a correctional facility employee" includes the use of force or violence upon the person of the employee by throwing water or any other liquid, feces, urine, blood, saliva, or any form of human waste by an offender while the offender is incarcerated and is being detained in any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, halfway house, or detention facility.
B.(1) Whoever commits the crime of battery of a correctional facility employee shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than fifteen days nor more than six months without benefit of suspension of sentence.
(2) If at the time of the commission of the offense the offender is under the jurisdiction and legal custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, or is being detained in any jail, prison, correctional facility, juvenile institution, temporary holding center, halfway house, or detention facility, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned with or without hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for not less than one year nor more than five years. Such sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence imposed for violation of the provisions of any state criminal law.
Acts 1997, No. 486, §1; Acts 1999, No. 86, §1; Acts 2013, No. 290, §1, eff. June 14, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.5.1. Battery of a bus operator

RS 14:34.5.1 - Battery of a bus operator
A. Battery of a bus operator is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a bus operator.
B. For the purposes of this Section, a "bus operator" means any person employed by a public transit system who operates a bus, as defined in R.S. 32:1(5), or who operates an electronically operated cable car while that person is on duty in the course and scope of his or her employment, regardless of whether the bus is in motion at the time of the offense. "Bus operator" shall not include any person who operates a school bus.
C. Whoever commits the crime of battery on a bus operator shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned for not less than forty-eight hours nor more than six months without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence.
Acts 2003, No. 1244, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.6. Disarming of a peace officer

RS 14:34.6 - Disarming of a peace officer
A. Disarming of a peace officer is committed when an offender, through use of force or threat of force, and without the consent of the peace officer, takes possession of any law enforcement equipment from the person of a peace officer or from an area within the peace officer's immediate control, when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe that the victim is a peace officer acting in the performance of his duty.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Law enforcement equipment" shall include any firearms, weapons, restraints, ballistics shields, forced entry tools, defense technology equipment, self-defense batons, self-defense sprays, chemical weapons, or electro shock weapons used by the peace officer in the course and scope of his law enforcement duties and approved for such use by the peace officer's law enforcement agency.
(2) "Peace officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, park wardens, livestock brand inspectors, forestry officers, and probation and parole officers.
C. Whoever commits the crime of disarming of a peace officer shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.
Acts 1997, No. 558, §1; Acts 2003, No. 697, §1; Acts 2010, No. 820, §1; Acts 2019, No. 5, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.7. Aggravated second degree battery

RS 14:34.7 - Aggravated second degree battery
A. Aggravated second degree battery is a battery committed with a dangerous weapon when the offender intentionally inflicts serious bodily injury.
B. For purposes of this Section, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) "Active member of the United States Armed Forces" shall mean an active member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard.
(2) "Disabled veteran" shall mean a veteran member of the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or the National Guard who is disabled as determined by the United States Department of Veteran Affairs.
(3) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
C. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated second degree battery shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than fifteen years, or both. At least one year of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence if the offender knew or should have known that the victim is an active member of the United States Armed Forces or is a disabled veteran and the aggravated second degree battery was committed because of that status.
Acts 1997, No. 1318, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 2012, No. 40, §1; Acts 2019, No. 2, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:34.9.1. Aggravated assault upon a dating partner

RS 14:34.9.1 - Aggravated assault upon a dating partner
A. Aggravated assault upon a dating partner is an assault with a dangerous weapon committed by one dating partner upon another dating partner.
B. For purposes of this Section, "dating partner" means any person who is involved or has been involved in a sexual or intimate relationship with the offender characterized by the expectation of affectionate involvement independent of financial considerations, regardless of whether the person presently lives or formerly lived in the same residence with the offender. "Dating partner" shall not include a casual relationship or ordinary association between persons in a business or social context.
C. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated assault upon a dating partner shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years and fined not more than five thousand dollars.
D. This Subsection shall be cited as the "Aggravated Assault Upon a Dating Partner Child Endangerment Law". When the state proves, in addition to the elements of the crime as set forth in Subsection A of this Section, that a minor child thirteen years of age or younger was present at the residence or any other scene at the time of the commission of the offense, the mandatory minimum sentence imposed by the court shall be two years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Acts 2017, No. 84, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:35. Simple battery

RS 14:35 - Simple battery
A. Simple battery is a battery committed without the consent of the victim.
B. Whoever commits a simple battery shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2006, No. 81, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:35.1. Battery of a child welfare or adult protective service worker

RS 14:35.1 - Battery of a child welfare or adult protective service worker
A.(1) Battery of a child welfare or adult protective service worker is a battery committed without the consent of the victim when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the victim is a child welfare or adult protective service worker working in the performance of employment duties who has presented proper identification.
(2) For purposes of this Section, "child welfare worker" shall include any child protection investigator, family services worker, foster care worker, adoption worker, any supervisor of the above, or any person authorized to transport clients for the agency, or court appointed special advocate (CASA) program representative.
(3) For purposes of this Section, "adult protective service worker" shall include any adult protection specialist or adult protection specialist supervisor employed by the Louisiana Department of Health or the Governor's Office of Elderly Affairs.
B. Whoever commits the crime of battery of a child welfare or adult protective service worker shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and shall be imprisoned not less than fifteen days nor more than six months, or both. At least seventy-two hours of the sentence imposed shall be served without benefit of suspension of sentence. If the battery produces an injury which requires medical attention, the offender shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both.
Acts 1987, No. 902, §1; Acts 2005, No. 59, §1, eff. June 16, 2005; Acts 2008, No. 43, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:35.2. Simple battery of persons with infirmities

RS 14:35.2 - Simple battery of persons with infirmities
A. Simple battery of persons with infirmities is a battery committed against a person who is infirm, has a disability, or is aged and who is incapable of consenting to the battery due to either of the following:
(1) Advanced age.
(2) Unsoundness of mind, stupor, abnormal condition of the mind, or other mental or developmental disability, regardless of the age of the victim.
B. For purposes of this Section, "person who is infirm, has a disability, or is aged" shall include but not be limited to any individual who is a resident of a nursing home, facility for persons with intellectual disabilities, mental health facility, hospital, or other residential facility, or any individual who is sixty years of age or older. Lack of knowledge of the person's age shall not be a defense.
C. Whoever commits the crime of battery of persons with infirmities shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than six months, or both.
Acts 1999, No. 1056, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §6, eff. June 23, 2014.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37. Aggravated assault

RS 14:37 - Aggravated assault
A. Aggravated assault is an assault committed with a dangerous weapon.
B. Whoever commits an aggravated assault shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
C. If the offense is committed upon a store's or merchant's employee while the offender is engaged in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of theft of goods, the offender shall be imprisoned for not less than one hundred twenty days without benefit of suspension of sentence nor more than six months and may be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 1992, No. 985, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.1. Assault by drive-by shooting

RS 14:37.1 - Assault by drive-by shooting
A. Assault by drive-by shooting is an assault committed with a firearm when an offender uses a motor vehicle to facilitate the assault.
B. Whoever commits an assault by drive-by shooting shall be imprisoned for not less than three years nor more than ten years, with or without hard labor, and without benefit of suspension of sentence.
C. As used in this Section and in R.S. 14:30(A)(1) and 30.1(A)(2), the term "drive-by shooting" means the discharge of a firearm from a motor vehicle on a public street, highway, or interstate highway with the intent either to kill, cause harm to, or frighten another person.
Acts 1993, No. 496, §1; Acts 2023, No. 243, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.2. Aggravated assault upon a peace officer

RS 14:37.2 - Aggravated assault upon a peace officer
A. Aggravated assault upon a peace officer is an assault committed upon a peace officer who is acting in the course and scope of his duties.
B. Whoever commits an aggravated assault upon a peace officer shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than ten years, with or without hard labor, or both.
Acts 1995, No. 881, §1; Acts 1997, No. 936, §1; Acts 2001, No. 309, §1; Acts 2003, No. 239, §1; Acts 2016, No. 225, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.3. Unlawful use of a laser on a police officer

RS 14:37.3 - Unlawful use of a laser on a police officer
A. Unlawful use of a laser on a police officer is the intentional projection of a laser on or at a police officer without consent of the officer when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe the officer is a police officer acting in the performance of his duty and that the officer will be injured, intimidated, or placed in fear of bodily harm.
B. For purposes of this Section the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) "Laser" means any device that projects a beam or point of light by means of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation or any device that emits light which simulates the appearance of a laser.
(2) "Police officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, and probation and parole officers.
C. Whoever commits the crime of unlawful use of a laser on a police officer shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Acts 1999, No. 1076, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.4. Aggravated assault with a firearm

RS 14:37.4 - Aggravated assault with a firearm
A. Aggravated assault with a firearm is an assault committed with a firearm.
B. For the purposes of this Section, "firearm" is defined as an instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell, or bullets by the action of gunpowder exploded within it.
C. Whoever commits an aggravated assault with a firearm shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than ten years, with or without hard labor, or both.
Acts 2001, No. 309, §1; Acts 2003, No. 239, §1; Acts 2012, No. 320, §1, eff. May 25, 2012.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.5. Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm

RS 14:37.5 - Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm
A. Aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm is an assault committed upon a utility service employee who is acting in the course and scope of his duties when the offender knows the victim is a utility service employee and the assault is committed with the intention of preventing the person from performing his official duties and is committed with a firearm.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Firearm" is defined as an instrument used in the propulsion of shot, shell, or bullets by the action of gunpowder exploded within it.
(2) "Utility service" means any electricity, gas, water, broadband, cable television, heat, steam, telecommunications service, or sewer services.
(3) "Utility service employee" means any uniformed, readily identified employee, including any person employed under contract, of any utility service that provides electricity, gas, water, broadband, cable television, heat, steam, telecommunications services, or sewer services, whether privately, municipally, cooperatively, or investor-owned.
C. Whoever commits an aggravated assault upon a utility service employee with a firearm shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars or imprisoned for not less than one year nor more than three years, with or without hard labor, or both.
Acts 2006, No. 79, §1; Acts 2023, No. 65, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.6. Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer

RS 14:37.6 - Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer
A. Aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer is an assault committed with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer acting in the course and scope of his duties.
B. For the purposes of this Section:
(1) "Motor vehicle" shall include any motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance.
(2) "Peace officer" shall have the same meaning as defined in R.S. 40:2402.
C. Whoever commits the crime of aggravated assault with a motor vehicle upon a peace officer shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than one year nor more than ten years, or both.
Acts 2010, No. 507, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:37.7. Domestic abuse aggravated assault

RS 14:37.7 - Domestic abuse aggravated assault
A. Domestic abuse aggravated assault is an assault with a dangerous weapon committed by one household member or family member upon another household member or family member.
B. For purposes of this Section:
(1) "Family member" means spouses, former spouses, parents, children, stepparents, stepchildren, foster parents, foster children, other ascendants, and other descendants. "Family member" also means the other parent or foster parent of any child or foster child of the offender.
(2) "Household member" means any person presently or formerly living in the same residence with the offender and who is involved or has been involved in a sexual or intimate relationship with the offender, or any child presently or formerly living in the same residence with the offender, or any child of the offender regardless of where the child resides.
C. Whoever commits the crime of domestic abuse aggravated assault shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one year nor more than five years and fined not more than five thousand dollars.
D. This Subsection shall be cited as the "Domestic Abuse Aggravated Assault Child Endangerment Law". When the state proves, in addition to the elements of the crime as set forth in Subsection A of this Section, that a minor child thirteen years of age or younger was present at the residence or any other scene at the time of the commission of the offense, the mandatory minimum sentence imposed by the court shall be two years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.
Acts 2012, No. 535, §1, eff. June 5, 2012; Acts 2015, No. 440, §1; Acts 2017, No. 79, §1; Acts 2020, No. 101, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:38. Simple assault

RS 14:38 - Simple assault
A. Simple assault is an assault committed without a dangerous weapon.
B. Whoever commits a simple assault shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 14 - Criminal Law › §14:38.1. Mingling harmful substances

RS 14:38.1 - Mingling harmful substances
A. Mingling harmful substances is the intentional mingling of any harmful substance or matter with any food, drink, or medicine with intent that the same shall be taken by any human being to his injury.
B. Whoever commits the crime of mingling harmful substances shall be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than two years or fined not more than one thousand dollars, or both.
Acts 1978, No. 394, §1; Acts 2014, No. 791, §7.