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Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure Tit. XXIV, Art. 725.1. Disclosure by the defendant; names of defense witnesses

Current as of January 01, 2019 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

A. If the defendant moves, pursuant to Article 717 of this Code, for disclosure of the records of arrests and convictions of witnesses to be called by the state in its case in chief, the defendant shall disclose to the district attorney, prior to those witnesses being sworn, the name and date of birth of the witnesses to be called by the defendant in his case in chief.

B. (1) If the defendant moves, pursuant to Article 716(D) of this Code, for disclosure of statements of witnesses to be called by the state in its case in chief, the defendant shall, upon motion by the state, disclose to the district attorney, and permit or authorize the district attorney to inspect and copy any written or recorded statements of any witness the defendant intends to call at trial.

(2) For purposes of this Article:

(a) “Trial” shall mean the phase of the case at which the defense responds to the state's attempt to meet its burden as to guilt, and specifically does not extend to pretrial matters or hearings, or to the penalty phase in capital prosecutions.

(b) “Written or recorded statement of a witness” shall mean any audio or audio-video recording of an oral statement or interview of a witness, and any statement a witness writes or signs.

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