ACT No. 215 AN ACT
To enact R.S. 13:587.4 and 1344, relative to specialized divisions or sections of state district courts; to authorize any district court by vote of the judges to adopt specialized divisions or sections having specified subject matter jurisdiction; to authorize a division or section to provide for an expedited docket for violent crimes involving a dangerous weapon or homicides; to create a homicide section in the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans; to authorize the district attorney's office to request an expedited docket for cases involving crimes of violence committed with a dangerous weapon and homicides; to provide for assignment of a judge to a Homicide Section of the Criminal District Court for the parish of Orleans; to provide for cases to be assigned to a homicide section; to authorize the judges en banc to assign other crimes committed using a firearm to the homicide section; to provide for transfer of cases; to provide for expedited handling of pretrial writs and appeals from the homicide section; and to provide for related matters.
