Edens v. State

John A. Fogleman, Justice.

Doug Edens was found guilty of burglary after a jury trial. Since he had been charged under the Habitual Criminal Act, the jury, after presentation of evidence of previous convictions, returned a verdict for a sentence of 31 Vz years. He advances five points for reversal, all of which, save one, are based upon asserted errors in the admission of testimony relating to prior convictions of appellant.

The prosecuting attorney adopted an odd procedure in presenting this evidence. He called Bill Risenhoover, a Deputy Sheriff of Benton County, as a witness, and introduced…