This court has criminal jurisdiction concurrent with that of the district court, for the trial of all persons charged with offenses or crimes committed within its territorial boundaries, but not including capital crimes or those crimes or offenses which are punishable by imprisonment at hard labor under the laws of this state.
La. R.S. 13:2561.3
Criminal jurisdiction
Acts 1962, No. 484, §3.
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