La. Stat. tit. 15 § 178
Current with operative changes from the 2024 Third Special Legislative Session
In a capital case in which the trial counsel was provided to an indigent defendant and in which the jury imposed the death penalty, the court, after imposition of the sentence of death, shall appoint the office, which shall promptly cause to have enrolled counsel to represent the defendant on direct appeal and in any state post-conviction proceedings, if appropriate.
La. R.S. § 15:178