Misdemeanor Sexual Battery During the 2015 legislative session, Louisiana lawmakers created the crime of misdemeanor sexual battery. This offense is defined as the following: The intentional touching of the breasts or buttocks of the victim by the offender, or the offender by the victim, using any instrumentality or any part of the body of [...]
During the 2014 legislative session, the Louisiana law makers repealed the statute for Home Improvement Fraud and replaced it with Residential Contractor Fraud. Louisiana Residential Contractor Fraud Statute-- La. R.S. 14:202.1 Residential contractor fraud is the misappropriation or intentional taking of anything of value which belongs to another, either without the consent of the [...]
Obstructing Public Passages -- La. R.S. 14:100.1 No person shall wilfully obstruct the free, convenient and normal use of any public sidewalk, street, highway, bridge, alley, road, or other passageway, or the entrance, corridor or passage of any public building, structure, water craft or ferry, by impeding, hindering, stifling, retarding [...]
What is criminal Obstruction of a Highway? The crime Obstruction of a Highway can be either a felony or misdemeanor in the state of Louisiana. The difference between the two offenses is that human life might be endangered in the felony offense, while there is not threat to human life in the misdemeanor offense. [...]
New Orleans Criminal Defense Attorney Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. -- New Orleans Premiere Criminal Defense Attorney Serving Clients in Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish, St. John Parish, St. James Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, Assumption Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish. Unauthorized Removal of a [...]
New Orleans Criminal Defense Attorney Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. -- New Orleans Premiere Criminal Defense Attorney Serving Clients in Orleans Parish, St. Tammany Parish, St. John Parish, St. James Parish, St. Bernard Parish, St. Charles Parish, Assumption Parish, Tangipahoa Parish, Terrebonne Parish, Plaquemines Parish and Jefferson Parish. Unauthorized Use of a Movable [...]
Telephone Communications: Improper Language and Harassment -- La RS 14:285 Under Louisiana law, the term telephone harassment is defined as any of the following: (1) Engage in or institute a telephone call, telephone conversation, or telephone conference, with another person, or use any telecommunications device to send any text message or other message to [...]
Criminal Defense Attorney New Orleans Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. -- Serving clients in Orleans, Jefferson, Terrebonne, Tangipahoa, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Tammany, St. John, Assumption and Plaquemines Parishes. Rented or Leased Motor Vehicles: Obtaining by False Representation / Failure to Return -- La RS 14:220 A. If any person rents or leases [...]
Louisiana Criminal Defense Attorney Elizabeth B. Carpenter, Esq. -- Serving clients in Orleans, Jefferson, Terrebonne, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. Tammany, St. John, Assumption and Plaquemines Parishes. Criminal Abandonment -- La R.S. 14:79.1 Criminal abandonment is any of the following: The intentional physical abandonment of a minor child under the age of 10 [...]