La. Stat. tit. 15 § 440.1
Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session, Acts 3, and 6-86
It is declared to be in the best interest of the state that protected persons be spared from crimes of violence, and that persons who commit such crimes be prosecuted with a minimum of additional intrusion into the lives of such protected persons.
La. R.S. § 15:440.1