State v. Salter

CLARK, Judge.

It is the contention of the defendant that there was no competent evidence to support the finding of the trial court that the defendant George William Salter was the same person named in the driving record abstract.

Before a person can be determined an habitual offender as defined by G.S. 20-221, the court is required by G.S. 20-226 to find that “such person is the same person named in the abstract and that such person is an habitual offender . . . . ”

The burden of proof is on the State, the moving party, to satisfy the court by the greater weight of the evidence that the…