14:130 A.(2)Jury misconduct - any petit juror intentionally permitting another person to influence or attempt to influence him in respect to his verdict in any cause pending
Jury misconduct is committed when any petit juror shall intentionally permit any person to influence him, or attempt to influence him, in respect to his verdict in any cause pending, or about to be brought before him, otherwise than in the regular course of proceedings upon the trial of such cause.
Effective: 09/06/1991 - Present
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14:130 A.(3)Jury misconduct - any petit juror using or consuming any beverage or low or high alcoholic content during the time in actual service as a juror
Jury misconduct is committed when any petit juror shall either use or consume any beverage of low or high alcoholic content during the time he is in actual service as juror.
Effective: 09/06/1991 - Present
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14:130 A.(4)Jury misconduct - any petit juror accepts or offers to accept anything of value before he is discharged from services as juror, for his interpretation, impression, or analysis regarding any element of the criminal trial or jury deliberations
Jury misconduct is committed when any petit juror accepts or offers to accept anything of apparent present or prospective value, before he is discharged from his services as a juror, even if the thing of value is not to be received, delivered, or come to fruition until after discharge from jury service, for his interpretation, impression, analysis or narrative, verbal or written, regarding any element of the criminal trial or jury deliberations.
Effective: 09/06/1991 - Present
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14:130 B.Jury misconduct - penalty
Whoever commits the crime of jury misconduct, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.arge from jury service, for his interpretation, impression, analysis or narrative, verbal or written, regarding any element of the criminal trial or jury deliberations.
Effective: 09/06/1991 - Present
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14:130.1Obstruction of justice
Obstruction of justice
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(1)(a)Obstruction of justice - tampering with evidence at the location of the incident with the specific intent of distorting results
The crime of obstruction of justice is tampering with evidence with the specific intent of distorting the results of any criminal investigation or proceeding which may reasonably prove relevant to a criminal investigation or proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably m. Tampering with evidence shall include the intentional alteration, movement, removal, or addition of any object or substance at the location of any incident which the perpetrator knows or has good reason to believe will be the subject of any investigation by state, when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(1)(b)Obstruction of justice - tampering with evidence at the location of storage with the specific intent of distorting results
The crime of obstruction of justice is tampering with evidence with the specific intent of distorting the results of any criminal investigation or proceeding which may reasonably prove relevant to a criminal investigation or proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section. Tampering with evidence shall include the intentional alteration, movement, removal, or addition of any object or substance at the location of storage, transfer, or place of review of any such evidence.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(2)(a)Obstruction of justice - using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the intent to influence testimony of any person
The crime of obstruction of justice is using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the specific intent to influence the testimony of any person in any criminal proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(2)(b)Obstruction of justice - using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the intent to cause or induce the withholding of testimony or records
The crime of obstruction of justice is using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the specific intent to cause or induce the withholding of testimony or withholding of records, documents, or other objects from any criminal proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(2)(c)Obstruction of justice - using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the intent to cause or induce the alteration or destruction of object
The crime of obstruction of justice is using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the specific intent to cause or induce the alteration, destruction, mutilation, or concealment of any object with the specific intent to impair the object's integrity or availability for use in any criminal proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(2)(d)Obstruction of justice - using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the intent to evade legal process or summoning of person as witness
The crime of obstruction of justice is using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the specific intent to evade legal process or the summoning of a person to appear as a witness or to produce a record, document, or other object in any criminal proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(2)(e)Obstruction of justice - using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the intent to hinder or delay or prevent communication of into to a peace officer of information regarding an arrest or crime
The crime of obstruction of justice is using or threatening force toward the person or property of another with the specific intent to cause the hindrance, delay, or prevention of the communication to a peace officer, as defined in R.S. 14:30, of information relating to an arrest or potential arrest or relating to the commission or possible commission of a crime when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(3)(a)Obstruction of justice - retaliating against any witness, victim, juror, judge, party, attorney or informant to retaliate for the attendance as any witness jury judge or party to any criminal proceeding
The crime of obstruction of justice is retaliating against any witness, victim, juror, judge, party, attorney, or informant by knowingly engaging in any conduct which results in bodily injury to or damage to the property of any such person or the communication of threats to do so with the specific intent to retaliate against any person for the attendance as a witness, juror, judge, attorney, or a party to any criminal proceeding or for producing evidence or testimony for use or potential use in any criminal proceeding when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(3)(b)Obstruction of justice - giving of information, evidence or any aid relating to the commission or possible commission of a parole or probation violation
The crime of obstruction of justice is retaliating against any witness, victim, juror, judge, party, attorney, or informant by knowingly engaging in any conduct which results in bodily injury to or damage to the property of any such person or the communication of threats to do so with the specific intent to retaliate against any person for the giving of information, evidence, or any aid relating to the commission or possible commission of a parole or probation violation or any crime under the laws of any state or of the United States when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(4)(a)Obstruction of justice - inducing or persuading or attempting to induce or persuade any person to testify falsely or withhold any testimony without right or privilege to do so
The crime of obstruction of justice is inducing or persuading or attempting to induce or persuade any person to testify falsely or, without right or privilege to do so, to withhold any testimony when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 A.(4)(b)Obstruction of justice - inducing or persuading or attempting to absent himself from proceedings despite having received a subpoena, without right or privilege to do so.
The crime of obstruction of justice is inducing or persuading or attempting to induce or persuade any person to, without the right or privilege to do so, absent himself from such proceedings despite having received service of a subpoena when committed with the knowledge that such act has, reasonably may, or will affect an actual or potential present, past, or future criminal proceeding as described in this Section.
Effective: 08/01/2016 - Present
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14:130.1 B.(1)Obstruction of justice - penalty when obstruction of justice involves a criminal proceeding in which sentence of death or life imprisonment may be imposed
When the obstruction of justice involves a criminal proceeding in which a sentence of death or life imprisonment may be imposed, the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than forty years at hard labor, or both.
Effective: 01/01/1985 - Present
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14:130.1 B.(2)Obstruction of justice - penalty when obstruction of justice involves a criminal proceeding in which sentence of imprisonment necessarily at hard labor for any period less than a life sentence may be imposed
When the obstruction of justice involves a criminal proceeding in which a sentence of imprisonment necessarily at hard labor for any period less than a life sentence may be imposed, the offender may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars, or imprisoned for not more than twenty years at hard labor, or both.
Effective: 01/01/1985 - Present
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14:130.1 B.(3)Obstruction of justice - penalty when obstruction of justice involves any other criminal proceeding
When the obstruction of justice involves any other criminal proceeding, except as provided in Paragraph (4) of this Subsection, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned for not more than five years, with or without hard labor, or both.
Effective: 08/01/2021 - Present
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14:130.1 B.(4)Obstruction of justice - penalty when obstruction involves any misdemeanor criminal proceeding that does not involve an intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person
(4) When the obstruction of justice is committed as described in Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section and involves any misdemeanor criminal proceeding that does not involve an intentional misdemeanor directly affecting the person, the offender shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both..
Effective: 08/01/2021 - Present
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14:131 A.Compounding a felony - charging and definition
Compounding a felony is the accepting of anything of apparent present or prospective value which belongs to another, or of any promise thereof, by a person having knowledge of the commission of a felony, upon an agreement, express or implied, to conceal such offense, or not to prosecute the same, or not to reveal or give evidence thereof.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:131 B.Compounding a felony - penalty
Whoever commits the offense of compounding 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.
Effective: 08/01/2014 - Present
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14:131.1Failure to report the commission of certain felonies
Failure to report the commission of certain felonies
Effective: 06/07/2012 - Present
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14:131.1 A.Failure to report the commission of certain felonies - charging and definition
It shall be unlawful for any person having knowledge of the commission of any homicide, rape, or sexual abuse of a child to fail to report or disclose such information to a law enforcement agency or district attorney, except when the person having such knowledge is bound by any privilege of confidentiality recognized by law.
Effective: 06/07/2012 - Present
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14:131.1 B.Failure to report the commission of certain felonies - penalty
Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than one year, or both.
Effective: 06/07/2012 - Present
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