Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 924 – Definitions
Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 924
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Custody: means detention or confinement, or probation or parole supervision, after sentence following conviction for the commission of an offense. See Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 924
- Donor: The person who makes a gift.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
As used in this Title:
(1) An “application for post conviction relief” means a petition filed by a person in custody after sentence following conviction for the commission of an offense seeking to have the conviction and sentence set aside.
(2) “Custody” means detention or confinement, or probation or parole supervision, after sentence following conviction for the commission of an offense.
(3) “DNA testing” means any method of testing and comparing deoxyribonucleic acid that would be admissible under the Louisiana Code of Evidence.
(4) “Unknown sample” means a biological sample from an unknown donor constituting evidence of the commission of an offense or tending to prove the identity of the perpetrator of an offense.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 429, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 2001, No. 1020, §1.