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Title 14 - CRIMINAL CORRECTIONAL AND DETENTION FACILITIES.
Chapter 3 - PRISON SYSTEM.
Article 2 - Penitentiary.
Section 14-3-57 - Commission of offense during incarceration - Evidence of conviction on trial.
Universal Citation: AL Code § 14-3-57 (2018)
Section 14-3-57Commission of offense during incarceration - Evidence of conviction on trial.
On the trial of any convict for any offense committed within the penitentiary or other convict prison or convict camp, the fact of confinement in the penitentiary shall be presumptive evidence of a legal conviction and sentence of imprisonment, and a copy of the transcript of the conviction and sentence filed with the Board of Corrections and certified by it to be correct shall be received as evidence of such conviction.
(Code 1852, §361; Code 1867, §3909; Code 1876, §4607; Code 1886, §4638; Code 1896, §4502; Code 1907, §6556; Code 1923, §3653; Code 1940, T. 45, §57.)
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