Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 956 – Appeals; application for supervisory writs
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Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 956
- Affected court: means any appellate, district, parish, city, municipal, traffic, juvenile, justice of the peace, or family court having jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions and proceedings for which the Louisiana Supreme Court has made a determination that the court shall conduct emergency sessions outside its parish or territorial jurisdiction as provided for by the provisions of this Title. See Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 942
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Emergency sessions: means any criminal court proceeding conducted by an affected court as authorized by the provisions of this Title and by order of the Louisiana Supreme Court. See Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 942
- Host jurisdiction: means the location or locations in which the Louisiana Supreme Court has ordered the affected court to conduct emergency sessions. See Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 942
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
An application for a supervisory writ or an appeal from a judgment or ruling of an affected court ordered to conduct emergency sessions shall be taken to the appropriate appellate court which exercised proper appellate or supervisory jurisdiction over the affected court prior to the issuance of the supreme court order. If the appropriate appellate court is also an affected court, an application for a supervisory writ or an appeal from a judgment or ruling of an affected court shall be taken to the host jurisdiction which has been established by supreme court order for the affected appellate court.
Acts 2005, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 52, §1, eff. Dec. 6, 2005.