by admin | May 13, 2021 | Crimianl Procedure, Louisiana
A. When an indictment has been found against a defendant who is not in custody or at large on bail for the offense charged, the court shall issue a warrant for the defendant’s arrest, unless the court issues a summons pursuant to Article 497.B. When an...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Crimianl Procedure, Louisiana
If it appears that a defendant or the state is prejudiced by a joinder of offenses in an indictment or bill of information or by such joinder for trial together, the court may order separate trials, grant a severance of offenses, or provide whatever other relief...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Crimianl Procedure, Louisiana
The objections of misjoinder of defendants or misjoinder of offenses may be urged only by a motion to quash the indictment.La. Cr.P. § 495Amended by Acts 1975, No. 528, §2.
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Crimianl Procedure, Louisiana
Two or more defendants may be charged in the same indictment or information if they are alleged to have participated in the same act or transaction or in the same series of acts or transactions constituting an offense or offenses. Such defendants may be charged in one...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Crimianl Procedure, Louisiana
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 493, offenses in which punishment is necessarily confinement at hard labor may be charged in the same indictment or information with offenses in which the punishment may be confinement at hard labor, provided that the joined...
by admin | May 13, 2021 | Crimianl Procedure, Louisiana
Whenever two or more misdemeanors are joined in accordance with Article 493 in the same indictment or information, the maximum aggregate penalty that may be imposed for the misdemeanors shall not exceed imprisonment for more than six months or a fine of more than one...
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