Alabama Code (Last Updated: November 28, 2014) |
Title29 LEGISLATURE. |
Chapter2. PERMANENT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEES. |
Article9. |
§29-2-157. Evidence of innocence.
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For purposes of determination of eligibility for compensation for wrongful incarceration, innocence shall be evidenced by at least one of the following:
(1) The conviction vacated or reversed and the accusatory instrument dismissed on grounds of innocence; or
(2) The accusatory instrument dismissed on a ground consistent with innocence.