31-18-19. Habitual offender; duty of district attorney to prosecute.
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If at any time, either after sentence or conviction, it appears that a person convicted of a noncapital felony is or may be a habitual offender, it is the duty of the district attorney of the district in which the present conviction was obtained to file an information charging that person as a habitual offender.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-29-32, enacted by Laws 1977, ch. 216, § 8.