P.R. Laws tit. 34, § 570

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§ 570. Allegation of previous conviction

In an indictment charging the fact of a previous conviction of a public offense, or of an attempt to commit a public offense, it is sufficient to state “that the defendant, before the commission of the offense charged in this indictment, was sentenced for the offense of

_________ (giving the name of the offense) in _________ (giving the name of the court by which he was sentenced).”

History —June 18, 1919, No. 58, p. 302, § 50, eff. 90 days after June 18, 1919.