Stewart v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
February 2015
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Allen v. State · Elmore v. State · Reeves v. Mabry · Weston v. Ponder · Polvado v. Polvado
Most-quoted passages
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“For the purpose of sentence enhancement... the State may prove a prior conviction by any evidence that satisfies the court beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was convicted or found guilty. On appeal, the test is whether there is substantial evidence that the appellant was previously convicted of the felonies in question. Unless the records of prior convictions show that the defendant was represented by counsel, there is a presumption that the defendant was denied assistance of counsel, and the convictions cannot be used to enhance punishment under our habitual offender provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mangiapane v. State
How this case has been treated — in progress
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