Wilson v. State

I dissent with amazement at the action of this court in handing down two opinions on the same date holding directly opposite each other. The present case affirms the trial court’s action in accepting a stipulation that the appellant had five prior convictions. At the same moment, we are handing down the opinion in McCroskey v. State reversing and remanding in the same trial court. We reverse and remand McCroskey because the trial judge accepted a stipulation that the appellant had been convicted of a number of previous offenses. We affirm the present case on what are essentially the same…