Sec. 54-62. Allegation of previous conviction.
Sec. 54-62. Allegation of previous conviction. When, in any criminal complaint
or information, it is necessary to set out a previous conviction for a similar offense, such
previous conviction shall be held to be sufficiently alleged by naming the date when,
the town or city where, the crime for which and the court wherein such conviction
was had.
(1949 Rev., S. 8785.)
Defects may be cured by verdict. 68 C. 512. Former convictions should be set up in information or complaint. Id.; 94
C. 703; 96 C. 172. Information should be in two parts, each signed by the prosecutor, and the offense charged set out in
one part and the prior conviction in another; the plea of accused to entire information should be taken in absence of the
jury, and the trial should proceed on the first part only of the information; if a verdict of guilty is rendered, the trial should
then proceed on the second part of the information. Id., 171. Cited. 147 C. 296. To prove prior conviction it is necessary
to show it by record of valid subsisting final judgment of rendering court. 151 C. 213.
Cited. 45 CA 369.
Cited. 24 CS 362.