State v. Cons

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “prior convictions for sentence enhancement purposes must be established by clear and convincing evidence”
• finding a certified copy of a minute entry containing defendant’s name, birthdate, and a reference to the sentence imposed on a separate prior conviction were sufficient to prove a prior conviction
• certified copies of court records “proper, self-authenticated documents that are properly offered in support of an allegation of prior convictions”
• failure to develop argument properly in opening brief results in waiver of issue on appeal
• “[C]ertified copies of the court records are proper, self- authenticated documents that are properly offered in support of an allegation of prior convictions.”
• identification by name, date of birth, fingerprint, and recognition by trial judge “was overwhelming evidence”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).