6 Major Time Limitations

6 Major Time Limitations

Louisiana’s criminal code has a myriad of deadlines and time limitations scattered throughout its text.  That said, there are 6 major deadlines every practitioner should know about.   First Appearance The first major deadline is the defendant’s initial appearance...
How to End “D.A. Time”

How to End “D.A. Time”

Enforcing 701 Awhile back, there was an interesting article in the Advocate discussing inmates serving a considerable amount of time in jail for crimes that would never be prosecuted[1].  The article correctly noted that most felony offenders should be released from...