Sec. 2.5. If the penalty for an offense is, by the terms of the statute, increased because the person was previously convicted of the offense, the state may seek to have the person sentenced to receive the increased penalty by alleging, on a page separate from the rest of the charging instrument, that the person was previously convicted of the offense.
Ind. Code § 35-34-1-2.5
Prior convictions
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Johnson v. State (1995)
Most recently applied in Lamb v. State (September 1998)
As added by P.L.50-1984, SEC.7.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.