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TITLE 15 - Criminal Procedure
RS 15:276 - Self-incrimination of witness
Universal Citation: LA Rev Stat § 15:276 (2017)
§276. Self-incrimination of witness
No witness can be forced to criminate himself, but the judge is not bound by the witness' statement that the answer would criminate him, when from the nature of the question asked and the circumstances of the case such statement can not be true.
Acts 1966, No. 311, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 1967.
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