Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:999

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • 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.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.

A.  In addition to all other fees or costs now or hereafter provided by law, in all criminal cases over which the Sixteenth Judicial District Court has jurisdiction, there shall be taxed as costs against every defendant who is convicted after trial or after plea of guilty of a crime or traffic offense, or who forfeits his bond, a sum of fifteen dollars, which shall be in addition to all other fines, costs, or forfeitures lawfully imposed and which shall be collected by the respective sheriffs in the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary.

B.  Each respective sheriff shall distribute all sums collected or received under this Section to each of their respective parishes to be deposited in a separate judicial account.  The accounts shall be designated as the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of Iberia, the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Martin, and the Parish Judicial Operational Fund for the parish of St. Mary, respectively.

C.  The governing authorities of the parishes of Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary shall use all sums collected to defray the operational expenses of the district court and its related agencies in each of their respective parishes.

Acts 1995, No. 523, §1.

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