State v. Brown

11Writ Granted. At the habitual offender adjudication, defense counsel stipulated what the testimony of the fingerprint expert would be if he testified and further stipulated that defendant was the same person convicted of the predicate offenses. The court of appeal reversed the habitual offender adjudication after finding as an error patent that the record did not reflect that the trial court advised defendant of his right to a formal hearing, to have the state prove its case under the habitual offender statute, or of his right to remain silent. Therefore, because defendant was not informed…