2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 14:50.1 — Perpetration or attempted perpetration of crimes against a victim sixty-five years of age or older

§50.1.  Perpetration or attempted perpetration of crimes against a victim sixty-five years of age or older

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, any person who is convicted of manslaughter, simple rape, forcible rape, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, simple battery, aggravated kidnapping, simple kidnapping, or false imprisonment or any attempt to commit the aforementioned crimes where a victim of any such crime is sixty-five years of age or older shall in addition to any other penalty imposed, serve a minimum of five years without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence and adjudication of guilt or imposition of sentence shall not be suspended, and lack of knowledge of the victim's age shall not be a defense.  

Such sentence shall be consecutive to any other sentence imposed for violation of the provisions of any state criminal law.  

Added by Acts 1977, No. 506, §1.