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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:322

  • 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.

The Louisiana Sentencing Commission is hereby created and established under the jurisdiction of the Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice in the office of the governor.  

Acts 1987, No. 158, §1.