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W.D. La. LCrR 53.4
Disclosures Authorized
The foregoing must not be construed to preclude the lawyer during this period, in the proper
discharge of his/her official or professional obligations, from announcing the fact and circumstances
of arrest (including the time and place of arrest, resistance, pursuit, and use of weapons), and the
identity of the investigating and arresting officer or agency, and the length of the investigation; from
making an announcement, at the time of seizure of any physical evidence other than a confession,
admission or statement, which is limited to a description of the evidence seized; from disclosing the
nature, substance, or text of the charge, including a brief description of the offense charged; from
quoting or referring without comment to public records of the court in the case; from announcing
the scheduling or result of any stage in the judicial process; from requesting assistance in obtaining
evidence; or from announcing without further comment that the accused denies the charges made
against him or her.
Provenance
- Source
- www.lawd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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