Art. 717.  Disclosure by the state; criminal records of defendant and witnesses; inducements to the state's witnesses

A.  Upon written motion of the defendant, the court shall order the district attorney to disclose, or to direct the appropriate law enforcement agency to disclose to the defendant, the record of arrests and convictions of the defendant, any codefendant, and any witness the state calls, or intends to call at trial.

B.  The district attorney shall also disclose any inducement offered by the district attorney, or by any law enforcement officer on behalf of the district attorney, to any state witness.

C.  The time for disclosure provided for by this Article shall be set by the court, provided that the district attorney shall not be required to disclose inducements or records of arrests and convictions until the commencement of trial.  For any witness called by the state in its rebuttal case, the record of arrests and convictions of the rebuttal witness, and any inducement offered by the district attorney, or by any law enforcement officer on behalf of the district attorney, to secure testimony of the witness in the state's rebuttal case shall be disclosed immediately prior to the witness being sworn.

D.  The provisions of Article 729.7 of this Code regarding the protection of a witness's identity shall apply to this Article.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 515, §1; Acts 2012, No. 842, §1; Acts 2013, No. 250, §1.

NOTE:  See Acts 2013, No. 250, §2, relative to applicability.