---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:182
citation: "R.S. 15:182"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 1 › Code Title XIV › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1999, number: 1012, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
  - { year: 2007, number: 307, section: 16, effective_date: null, role: amendment }
  - { year: 2008, number: 220, section: 6, effective_date: 2008-06-14, role: amendment }
---

# Limited effect in capital cases

The provisions of R.S. 15:178 are intended for the sole and exclusive purpose of providing legal services and related expenses for capital defendants who have been sentenced to death and are not intended to confer substantive or procedural rights not otherwise provided by law.