Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1473

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

The Department of Public Safety shall certify the conviction record as maintained in its office of any person whose record brings him within the definition of a habitual offender, as defined above, and such abstract shall be competent evidence that the person named therein was duly convicted by the court wherein such conviction or holding was made by each offense shown by such abstract.

Added by Acts 1972, No. 697, §1.  Amended by Acts 1982, No. 555, §1.