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Code of Criminal Procedure
CCRP 61 - District attorney; powers and duties
LA Code Crim Pro 61 (2016) What's This?
TITLE II
DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND ATTORNEY GENERAL
Art. 61. District attorney; powers and duties
Subject to the supervision of the attorney general, as provided in Article 62, the district attorney has entire charge and control of every criminal prosecution instituted or pending in his district, and determines whom, when, and how he shall prosecute.
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