Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 10/24/2006

Commonwealth v. Bowden

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447 Mass. 593
855 N.E.2d 758
2006 Mass. LEXIS 665

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noting that prior convictions still must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt but they are not formally elements of the crime
“judgment of conviction for a third offense may appropriately be relied on to establish culpability for the first two offenses.”
“A judgment of conviction for a third offense may appropriately be relied on to establish culpability for the first two offenses”
“[p]rior convictions must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt . . . even though a prior conviction is not formally an element of the crime”
\A judgment of conviction for a third offense may appropriately be relied on to establish culpability for the first two offenses\
“[Registry of Motor Vehicles] records, which contained more particularized identifying information . . . , also reflected the offenses and the fact that they were the defendant’s”

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