Cite as: 22 CNCA § 15

No person can be compelled in a criminal action to be witness against himself; nor can a person charged with a public offense be subjected before conviction to any more restraint than is necessary for his detention to answer the charge, and in no event shall he be tried before a jury while in chains or shackles.

Historical Data

LA 10–90, eff. November 13, 1990.