RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 125 (HB 252) 2018 Regular Session Connick
Existing 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.
New law expands the application of existing law to all crimes involving the death of a human
being.
New 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 in the parish where any act or element constituting the basis for the
accessory after the fact prosecution occurred.
New 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.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends C.Cr.P. Art. 611(B); Adds C.Cr.P. Art. 611(D))