34-39-3-1. Prior felony conviction; admissibility

IN Code § 34-39-3-1 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 1. (a) Evidence of a final judgment that:

(1) is entered after a trial or upon a plea of guilty; and

(2) adjudges a person guilty of a crime punishable by death or imprisonment of more than one (1) year;

shall be admissible in a civil action to prove any fact essential to sustaining the judgment, and is not excluded from admission as hearsay regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness.

(b) The pendency of an appeal may be shown but does not affect the admissibility of evidence under this section.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 34-3-18-1.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.

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