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Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 522

  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.

A.  If provided by local rule of the court, a defendant‘s appearance at the seventy-two hour hearing and the initial setting of bail may be by simultaneous transmission through audio-visual electronic equipment.

B.  If provided by local rule of the court and approved by the defense counsel, a defendant’s appearance at any pretrial motion or at any hearing on a pretrial motion, except as provided in Paragraph A of this Article, may be by simultaneous transmission through audio-visual  electronic equipment.

Acts 1997, No. 1015, §1.