CCRP 799 - Number of peremptory challenges - Louisiana Statutes

Art. 799. Number of peremptory challenges

In trials of offenses punishable by death or necessarily by imprisonment at hard labor, each defendant shall have twelve peremptory challenges, and the state twelve for each defendant. In all other cases, each defendant shall have six peremptory challenges, and the state six for each defendant.

Acts 1983, No. 495, §1; Acts 1985, No. 952, §1.