La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 65
This is the official text of La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 65, part of Louisiana’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Louisiana.
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Defense of prosecution unlawful
Official statutory text
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, ยง1.
(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, ยง1.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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