Title 36, Civil Remedies And Defenses And Special Proceedings

[§661B-1] Statement of claim for compensation. (a) Any person convicted in a court of the State and imprisoned for one or more crimes of which the person was actually innocent may file a petition for relief pursuant to this chapter for an award of damages against the State; provi…

[§661B-2] Presentation of claim. (a) A petition for relief filed pursuant to this chapter shall be filed in the circuit court of the circuit in which the petitioner lives, or if the petitioner lives outside the State, in the circuit court of the first circuit. The petitioner shal…

[§661B-3] Judgment and award. (a) The petitioner shall have the burden to prove by a preponderance of the evidence: (b) The following shall be affirmative defenses, on which the State shall have the burden of proof by a preponderance of the evidence: If the State proves one or mo…

[§661B-4] Time limitations. Every claim arising under this chapter shall forever be barred unless the action is commenced by filing a petition with the circuit court within two years after the conviction that is the subject of the petition is either reversed or vacated, or the pe…