Archive for January 2012
Sexting Laws — Louisiana
January 3, 2012
New Orleans Criminal Defense Attorney
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Sexting — La R.S. 14:81.1.1
No person under the age of 17 years shall knowingly and voluntarily use a computer or telecommunication device to transmit an indecent visual depiction of himself to another person.
No person under the age of 17 years shall knowingly possess or transmit an indecent visual depiction that was transmitted by another under the age of seventeen years in violation of the provisions above.
Penalties
First offense — fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $250.00, imprisoned for not more than 10 days, or both. Imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with a minimum condition that he perform 2 8-hour days of court-approved community service.
Second offense — fined not less than $250.00 nor more than $500.00, imprisoned for not less than 10 days nor more than 30 days, or both. Imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with a minimum condition that he perform 5 8-hour days of court-approved community service.
Third or any subsequent offense — fined not less than $500.00 nor more than $750.00, imprisoned for not less than 30 days nor more than 6 months, or both. Imposition or execution of the sentence shall not be suspended unless the offender is placed on probation with a minimum condition that he perform 10 8-hour days of court-approved community service.
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Commercial Bribery — Louisiana
January 2, 2012
New Orleans White Collar Crime Attorney
Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. — Louisiana Commercial Bribery Defense
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Commercial Bribery — La R.S. 14:73
Commercial bribery is the giving or offering to give, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value to any private agent, employee, or fiduciary, without the knowledge and consent of the principal or employer, with the intent to influence such agent’s, employee’s, or fiduciary’s action in relation to the principal’s or employer’s affairs.
The agent’s, employee’s or fiduciary’s acceptance of or offer to accept, directly or indirectly, anything of apparent present or prospective value under such circumstances shall also constitute commercial bribery.
The offender under this article who states the facts, under oath, to the district attorney charged with prosecution of the offense, and who gives evidence tending to convict any other offender under this article, may, in the discretion of the district attorney, be granted full immunity from prosecution for commercial bribery, in respect to the particular offense reported.
Penalty
Whoever commits the crime of commercial bribery shall be fined not more than $500.00, or imprisoned for not more than 6months, or both.
