Brown v. State

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant Brown was convicted and sentenced on charges of armed burglary (Count I), possession of burglary tools (Count II), grand theft of a firearm (Count III), and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (Count IV). Outside the presence of the jury, the state and defense had stipulated that Brown had a prior felony conviction. The state subsequently admitted into evidence, without a defense objection, a certified judgment and sentence showing the prior conviction was of the crime of resisting arrest with violence. On appeal, Brown alleges his trial counsel was…