Commonwealth v. Crawford

GANT, Justice.

The respondent, Barney Houston Crawford, was indicted for robbery in the first degree and persistent felony offender in the second degree. During the penalty phase of the trial, after Crawford had been found guilty, he moved to suppress the evidence of the prior conviction, and a hearing was held on the motion.

The Commonwealth introduced three exhibits — viz., the judgment in the prior conviction and two AOC forms, captioned “Waiver of Further Proceedings with Petition to Enter Plea of Guilty,” and “Certificate of Counsel.” The “Waiver” had been filled in by the defendant and…