State v. Vann
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction for possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below.
On appeal, Defendant challenged the State's use of exhibit 7 to prove that Defendant had a prior felony conviction. Specifically, Defendant argued that because exhibit 7 did not affirmatively show that he had or waived counsel at the time of his guilty plea in the prior case, exhibit 7 should not have been admitted into evidence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) there was sufficient evidence to support Defendant's conviction; and (2) the district court did not err in admitting into evidence certified court records showing that Defendant had counsel at the time he was sentenced for his prior conviction but was silent as to whether he had counsel at the time he entered his plea.
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