CHAPTER 2. RECUSATION OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS; DISTRICT ATTORNEY AD HOC Art. 680. Grounds for recusation of district attorney A district attorney shall be recused when he: (1) Has a personal interest in the cause or grand jury proceeding which is in conflict with fair and impartial administration of justice; (2) Is related to the party […]
Art. 681. Procedure for recusation of district attorney A district attorney may recuse himself, whether a motion for his recusation has been filed or not, in any case in which a ground for recusation exists. A motion to recuse the district attorney shall be in writing and shall set forth the grounds therefor. The motion […]
Art. 682. Appointment of substitute for a recused district attorney When a district attorney is recused, or recuses himself, the trial judge shall either appoint an attorney at law, who has the qualifications of a district attorney and is not an assistant to the recused district attorney, to act in the place of the district […]
Art. 683. Disability or absence of district attorney When a district attorney is unable to perform his duties for any cause, other than recusation, death, or resignation or removal from office, an assistant district attorney shall act in his place. When the district attorney still holds office and there is no assistant district attorney, the […]
Art. 683.1. Costs of prosecution and investigation A. Whenever the district attorney of the parish of original jurisdiction and venue is recused or requests another district attorney or the attorney general to undertake a prosecution or an investigation reasonably related to a possible prosecution and such other district attorney or the attorney general actually undertakes […]
