La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 956
This is the official text of La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 956, part of Louisiana’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Louisiana.
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Appeals; application for supervisory writs
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An application for a supervisory writ or an appeal from a judgment or ruling of an affected court ordered to conduct emergency sessions shall be taken to the appropriate appellate court which exercised proper appellate or supervisory jurisdiction over the affected court prior to the issuance of the supreme court order. If the appropriate appellate court is also an affected court, an application for a supervisory writ or an appeal from a judgment or ruling of an affected court shall be taken to the host jurisdiction which has been established by supreme court order for the affected appellate court.
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, ยง1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005.
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, ยง1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005.
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