March v. State

OPINION

SOSA, Chief Justice.

This case is before us on writ of certiorari to the court of appeals. In a 2-1 decision (No. 10,561, March 16, 1989, Chaves, J., dissenting), the court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the district court finding petitioner, Alfred Wayne March, to be a habitual offender and imposing on him an enhanced sentence. Petitioner contends that the trial court violated his constitutional rights under the Double Jeopardy provisions of the federal and state constitutions, in that he had originally been sentenced for a crime and had begun serving time, when the court…