Section 6-10-203 – Information or Indictment; Trial; Prima Facie Evidence of Previous Convictions.
6-10-203. Information or indictment; trial; prima facie evidence of previous convictions. (a) An information or indictment which charges a person as an habitual criminal shall set forth the charged felony and allege the previous convictions. (b) The trial on the charged felony shall proceed as in other cases, but the jury shall not be informed […]
Section 6-10-201 – “Habitual Criminal” Defined; Penalties.
6-10-201. “Habitual criminal” defined; penalties. (a) A person is an habitual criminal if: (i) He is convicted of a violent felony; and (ii) He has been convicted of a felony on two (2) or more previous charges separately brought and tried which arose out of separate occurrences in this state or elsewhere. (b) An habitual […]
Section 6-10-202 – Penalties Not Affected.
6-10-202. Penalties not affected. (a) Nothing in this article shall abrogate or affect: (i) The punishment of death in crimes for which the death penalty is imposed; (ii) The punishment of life imprisonment without parole in cases in which that penalty is imposed.