160 N.C. App. 394 - State v. Burch’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “(c) After commencement of the trial and before the close of the State’s case, the judge in the absence of the jury must arraign the defendant upon the special indictment or information, and must advise him that he may admit the previous conviction alleged, deny it, or remain silent. Depending upon the defendant’s response, the trial of the case must then proceed as follows: (1) If the defendant admits the -previous conviction, that element of the offense charged in the indictment or information is established, no evidence in support thereof may be adduced by the State, and the judge must submit the case to the jury without reference thereto and as if the fact of such previous conviction were not an element of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 167 N.C. App. 705 - State v. Hudgins

2. “[t]he criminal law of this State contains two distinct types of `habitual' classifications”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 N.C. App. 749 - State v. Marshburn