Sec. 2.5. If the penalty for an offense is, by the terms of the statute, increased because the person was previously convicted of the offense, the state may seek to have the person sentenced to receive the increased penalty by alleging, on a page separate from the rest of the charging instrument, that the person was previously convicted of the offense.
As added by P.L.50-1984, SEC.7.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 34. Bringing Criminal Charges
Chapter 1. Indictment and Information
35-34-1-1. Commencement of Prosecution; Filing; Sealing; Violation
35-34-1-2. Contents; Requisites; Form
35-34-1-2.5. Prior Convictions
35-34-1-3. Illegible or Lost Indictment or Information
35-34-1-4. Motion to Dismiss by Defendant; Grounds; Requisites; Disposition; Effect of Order
35-34-1-5. Amendment of Charge; Procedures; Limitations
35-34-1-6. Defective Indictment or Information; Dismissal; Exceptions
35-34-1-7. Grand Jury Proceedings; Violation of Ic 35-34-2; Dismissal
35-34-1-9. Joinder of Offenses or Defendants
35-34-1-11. Severance of Offenses or Separate Trial of Defendants Joined
35-34-1-12. Motion for Severance or Separate Trial; Time; Waiver or Bar
35-34-1-13. Motion to Dismiss by Prosecuting Attorney
35-34-1-14. Pleading Special Matters; Sufficiency
35-34-1-15. Incorrect Name of Defendant Immaterial
35-34-1-16. Perjury; Requisites
35-34-1-17. Forgery; Misdescription of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld by Defendant Immaterial