State v. Biscoe

HAYS, Justice.

Paul Melvin Biscoe, the appellant, was found guilty by a jury of robbery in violation of A.R.S. § 13-641, § 13-653. Immediately after the verdict, the issue of Biscoe’s alleged prior conviction for lewd and lascivious acts was tried to the jury which found that the appellant had been convicted of that charge. He now appeals, contending that the proof of the prior conviction was insufficient as a matter of law.

On this issue, the state offered into evidence a certified copy of a minute entry of an order of a judge of the Superior Court of Maricopa County finding Paul Melvin Biscoe…