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Chapter 3. Evidence of Previous Felony Conviction in a Civil
Action
IC 34-39-3-1
Prior felony conviction; admissibility
Sec. 1. (a) Evidence of a final judgment that:
(1) is entered after a trial or upon a plea of guilty; and
(2) adjudges a person guilty of a crime punishable by death or
imprisonment of more than one (1) year;
shall be admissible in a civil action to prove any fact essential to
sustaining the judgment, and is not excluded from admission as
hearsay regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness.
(b) The pendency of an appeal may be shown but does not affect
the admissibility of evidence under this section.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.35.
