Legal Opinion
Dexter v. State
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided January 12, 2012No. 79S05-1106-CR-367PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 79A05-1003-CR-189
SULLIVAN, Justice.
A jury convicted the defendant of Class A felony neglect of a dependent and found him to be a habitual offender, which resulted in a 30-year sentencing enhancement. An unsigned judgment of conviction was presented by the State to prove that the defendant in fact had been convicted of one of the predicate felonies. We reverse the defendant’s habitual-offender sentencing enhancement and hold that an unsigned judgment is not sufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the fact of a prior…
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