RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 212 (SB 140) 2021 Regular Session Harris
Prior law provided for the following penalties for the criminal offense of obstruction of
justice:
(1)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 $100,000, imprisoned for not more than 40 years at hard labor, or both.
(2)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 $50,000, or imprisoned for not
more than 20 years at hard labor, or both.
(3)When the obstruction of justice involves any other criminal proceeding, the offender
shall be fined not more than $10,000, imprisoned for not more than five years, with
or without hard labor, or both.
New law retains prior law and adds to the penalties that when the obstruction of justice is
committed as described in statute 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 $500, imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
Effective August 1, 2021.
(Amends R.S. 14:130.1(B)(3); adds R.S. 14:130.1(B)(4))