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    § 60.60    Rules  of  evidence;  certificates  concerning  judgments of
            conviction and fingerprints.
    1.  A certificate issued by a criminal court, or  the  clerk  thereof,
  certifying  that a judgment of conviction against a designated defendant
  has been entered in such court, constitutes presumptive evidence of  the
  facts stated in such certificate.
    2.   A report of a public servant charged with the custody of official
  fingerprint records which contains a certification that the fingerprints
  of a designated person who has previously been convicted of  an  offense
  are   identical  with  those  of  a  defendant  in  a  criminal  action,
  constitutes presumptive evidence of the fact  that  such  defendant  has
  previously been convicted of such offense.

Last modified: July 30, 2006