19 Kan. App. 2d 893 - State v. Greever’s Empirical Analysis

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10 state decisions

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1. “Generally, proof of prior felony convictions to invoke the Habitual Criminal Act [K.S.A. 21-4504] is made by using certified or authenticated copies of journal entries of convictions from other states or counties. This is the best possible evidence of a prior felony conviction . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lackey

2. “[g]iven the similarity in names, the admissions by Greever's counsel, the lack of denial of identity, and the failure to provide any rebuttal evidence as to identity, admission of these journal entries as evidence of prior convictions was not an abuse of judicial discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lackey

3. “Absent a denial of identity or rebuttal evidence, proof beyond the identity of the name in the document is not required for admission of the evidence. State v. Cippola, 202 Kan. 624, 629 , 451 P.2d 199 , cert. denied 396 U.S. 967 (1969).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Lackey