2009 Louisiana Laws of Criminal Procedure :: CCRP 575 - Interruption of time limitations

Art. 575. Interruption of time limitations

The periods of limitation established by this Chapter shall be interrupted when the defendant:

(1) For the purpose of avoiding detection, apprehension or prosecution, flees from the state, is outside the state, or is absent from his usual place of abode within the state; or

(2) Lacks mental capacity to proceed at trial and is committed in accordance with Article 648 of this Code.

Amended by Acts 1979, No. 318, §1.

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