GroundRules
Ala. Code § 29-2-157: Evidence of Innocence.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 29 Legislature.
- Chapter 2 Permanent Legislative Committees.
- Article 9 Committee on Compensation for Wrongful Incarceration.
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.
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