3.2.2 Sexual Assault

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Crim. Proc. Code Title III Chapter 2 § 3.2.2

A person who intentionally has sexual contact with another or who causes such other person to have sexual contact with the defendant, is guilty of sexual assault, if: a) The defendant compels the other person to submit by force or by any threat that would render a person of reasonable firmness...

1. Sentences

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Crim. Proc. Code Title II Chapter VI § 1

Any person who has been convicted of an offense enumerated in this Code maybe sentenced by the Court to one or a combination of the following penalties: a) Imprisonment for a period not to exceed the maximum permitted by the code provision defining the offense. Imprisonment may be continuous or...

4. Disposition of Seized Property

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Crim. Proc. Code Title II Chapter III § 4

a) The officer serving and executing a warrant shall make an inventory of all property seized and a copy of this inventory shall be left with every person from whom property is seized.   b) A hearing shall be held by the Court to determine the disposition of all property seized by the police....

1. Search Warrant

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Crim. Proc. Code Title II Chapter III § 1

a) A search warrant is a written order, signed by a Judge, directing a law enforcement officer to conduct a search and seize property specified in the warrant. A search warrant shall describe the person, property or to be searched and shall describe the person, property or place to be searched and...

1.2.08 Authority and Laws to be Applied in the Trial and Appellate Courts

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Jud. Code Title I Chapter 2 § 1.2.08

a) In cases otherwise properly before the Trial and Appellate Courts of the Coushatta Tribe, decisions on matters of both substance and procedure will be based on the following, in the following order of precedent: 1) The Constitution and Bylaws of the Coushatta Tribe.   2) Ordinances of the...

1.2.02 Jurisdiction

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Jud. Code Title I Chapter 2 § 1.2.02

A. As used in this Code, "Reservation" shall mean all lands held by the Tribe or held by the United States of America or the State of Louisiana in trust for the Tribe. The Coushatta Court shall have jurisdiction over any offense under this Code committed by any member of the Tribe or an...

1.2.01 Establishment

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Jud. Code Title I Chapter 2 § 1.2.01

The judicial power of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana (hereinafter "Tribe") is vested in the Coushatta Court and the Coushatta Court of Appeals.

1.1.07 Principles of Construction

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Jud. Code Title I Chapter 1 § 1.1.07

The following principles of construction will apply to all of the Code unless a different construction is obviously intended: (a) Masculine words shall include the feminine, and singular words shall include the plural, arid vice versa.   (b) Words shall be given their plain meaning and...

1.1.02 References to the Tribal Code

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Jud. Code Title I Chapter 1 § 1.1.02

This Code may be referred to as the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Judicial Code, or where the context suitably identifies it as the Judicial Code or Code. Subdivisions of this Code that are identified by a name referring to the particular body of law they contain maybe identified by that name, for...

1.1.01 Authority

Statutes | Coushatta Tribe of LA Jud. Code Title I Chapter 1 § 1.1.01

This compilation of laws of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, shall be known as the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Judicial Codes, and is adopted pursuant to the authority vested in the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana Tribal Council as the duly elected governing body of the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,...