Stewart v. State

Jack Holt, Jr., Chief Justice.

The appellant, Anthony Stewart, was found guilty of rape and sentenced as a habitual offender with four prior convictions to fifty years imprisonment. For reversal, he contends that there was insufficient evidence from which to adjudge him an habitual offender in that the State did not prove he was represented by an attorney for each of the prior convictions. We disagree and affirm.

The State has the burden of proving a defendant’s prior convictions. Allen v. State, 294 Ark. 209, 742 S.W.2d 886 (1988).

For the purpose of sentence enhancement pursuant to our…