People v. Hicks

Defendant, Terry C. Hicks, was convicted after a jury trial in the circuit court of Montgomery County of burglary and theft, with the latter conviction enhanced to a felony due to defendant’s previous conviction for theft. He was sentenced to concurrent terms of 5 years’ imprisonment on the burglary conviction and V-k years’ imprisonment on the theft conviction. On appeal, defendant claims the trial court erred in allowing the State to present to the jury evidence of his prior theft conviction as an element of the charged offense of theft. Defendant further contends that even assuming the…