State v. Lacey

OPINION

PICKARD, Judge.

{1} This case is the latest in a series of eases involving the double use of prior convictions to increase punishment. In State v. Keith, 102 N.M. 462, 463-65, 697 P.2d 145, 146-48 (Ct.App.1985), we held that a prior armed robbery conviction could not be used to raise the defendant’s underlying armed robbery conviction from a second degree felony to a first degree felony, and then be used to further enhance the defendant’s sentence under the general habitual offender statute. In State v. Haddenham, 110 N.M. 149, 151-54, 793 P.2d 279, 281-84 (Ct.App.1990), we held that a…