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urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:444
citation: "R.S. 15:444"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 2 › Part IV"
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# Proof of intent unnecessary in statutory crimes; inadmissible evidence

If a statute has made it a crime to do a particular act, no further proof of intent is required than that accused voluntarily did the act; and any evidence that he did not know such act to be forbidden by law is inadmissible.