Brown v. Commonwealth

Linda Ailene Brown was tried by a jury on an indictment charging that she stole a magnetic sensor valued at less than $200 after having been sentenced previously “for six separate convictions of larceny or an offense deemed to be larceny.” Finding her guilty as charged, the jury fixed her punishment at confinement in the State penitentiary for a period of five years; 2 the trial court entered judgment on the verdict.

Prior to her arraignment, Brown’s counsel, offering to stipulate to her previous convictions, moved that she not be arraigned before the jury as one who had been convicted…