Ala. Code § 29-2-157

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 8, 2024.

Section 29-2-157 - Evidence of innocence

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.

Ala. Code § 29-2-157 (1975)

Act 2001-659, p. 1359, §8.