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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE BILL NO. 117
BY SENATOR MORRELL
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Changes the definition of convicted. (8/15/11)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 934(3), relative to definitions; to2
change the definition of convicted; and to provide for related matters.3
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:4
Section 1. Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 934(3) is hereby amended and reenacted5
to read as follows: 6
Art. 934. Miscellaneous definitions 7
Except where the context clearly indicates otherwise, as used in this Code:8
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(3) "Convicted" means adjudicated guilty after a plea or after trial on the10
merits or adjudicated delinquent of a felony-grade act or a misdemeanor-grade11
act.12
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michelle Ducharme.
DIGEST
Present law defines "convicted" as adjudicated guilty after a plea or after trial on the merits.
Proposed law changes the definition of "convicted" to mean adjudicated guilty after a plea
or after trial on the merits or adjudicated delinquent of a felony-grade act or a misdemeanor-
grade act.
Effective August 15, 2011.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 934(3))