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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 15:561.7

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

            A. A person who fails to comply with the conditions of supervised release as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 15:561.5 shall, upon first conviction, be fined not more than one thousand dollars and imprisoned with hard labor for not less than two years nor more than ten years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

            B. Upon second or subsequent convictions, whoever fails to comply with the conditions of supervised release as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 15:561.5 shall be fined three thousand dollars and imprisoned with hard labor for not less than five years nor more than twenty years without benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence.

            Acts 2006, No. 242, §1.