Terms Used In Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure 841

  • 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.
  • Verdict: The decision of a petit jury or a judge.

A.  An irregularity or error cannot be availed of after verdict unless it was objected to at the time of occurrence.  A bill of exceptions to rulings or orders is unnecessary.  It is sufficient that a party, at the time the ruling or order of the court is made or sought, makes known to the court the action which he desires the court to take, or of his objections to the action of the court, and the grounds therefor.

B.  The requirement of an objection shall not apply to the court’s ruling on any written motion.

C.  The necessity for and specificity of evidentiary objections are governed by the Louisiana Code of Evidence.

Amended by Acts 1974, No. 207, §1; Acts 1988, No. 515, §3, eff. Jan. 1, 1989.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1988, NO. 515, §12.}}