Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Evidence 401

  • 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.

“Relevant evidence” means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.

Acts 1988, No. 515, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.