Pickens v. State

LUMPKIN, Judge,

specially concurring:

While I agree that this case should be reversed and remanded to the district court for a rehearing, I write separately to further address the State’s burden to “offer strict proof of the finality” of a predicate judgment and sentence. The minimum *599standard for strict proof of the finality of a conviction can be met by the introduction of a certified or authenticated judgment and sentence together with a certified or authenticated copy of the docket sheet showing whether the Defendant has perfected a direct appeal of the conviction and if so perfected,…