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HB 252 Original 2018 Regular Session Connick
Abstract: Provides that venue for the prosecution of all crimes involving the death of a human
being shall be in the parish where the body of the victim was found if it cannot be determined
where the offense occurred, and provides for venue for the prosecution for the crimes of
accessory after the fact and obstruction of justice.
Present law provides that if the offender is charged with the crime of first or second degree murder
and it cannot be determined where the offense occurred, the offense is deemed to have been
committed in the parish where the body of the victim was found.
Proposed law expands the application of present law to all crimes involving the death of a human
being.
Proposed law provides that if the offender is charged with the crime of accessory after the fact, the
offense is deemed to have been committed either in the parish where the principal felony was
committed or where any act or element constituting the basis for the accessory after the fact
prosecution occurred.
Proposed law provides that if the offender is charged with the crime of obstruction of justice, the
offense is deemed to have been committed either in the parish of the underlying criminal proceeding
or investigation or in the parish where any act or element constituting the basis for the obstruction
of justice prosecution occurred.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 611(B); Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 611(D))