RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 352 (HB 42) 2016 Regular Session Dwight
Existing law provides that no person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for an offense
not punishable by death or life imprisonment, unless the prosecution is instituted within the
following periods of time after the offense has been committed:
(1)Six years, for a felony necessarily punishable by imprisonment at hard labor.
(2)Four years, for a felony not necessarily punishable by imprisonment at hard labor.
(3)Two years, for a misdemeanor punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both.
(4)Six months, for a misdemeanor punishable only by a fine or forfeiture.
New law provides for an exception to the above existing law time limitations for the crime
of video voyeurism, which shall not commence to run until the crime is discovered by the
victim.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 573.2)