Wells v. State

PHIPPS, Presiding Judge.

William Wells was convicted of giving a false name to a law enforcement officer and of three felony counts of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. On appeal, Wells contends that the trial court erred by sentencing him as a recidivist. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. Wells acknowledges that the state served him with notice of its intent to seek aggravation of punishment as a recidivist and attached copies of his prior guilty plea convictions to the notice, but argues that the evidence was insufficient to prove the existence of any of the prior…