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La. Code Crim. Proc. art. 475

Description of written instruments and printed objects

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When it is necessary to make an averment in an indictment relative to any instrument or object which consists wholly or in part of writing or figures, pictures or designs, it is sufficient to describe the instrument or object by any name or description by which it is usually known or by which it may be identified, or by its purport, without setting forth a copy or facsimile of the whole or any part thereof.

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