GREENE, J.
This case involves the review of a sentencing judge’s imposition of a 25 year mandatory, enhanced sentence for a series of drug convictions pursuant to Maryland’s subsequent offender statute, Md.Code (2002), § 5-608(c) of the Criminal Law Article (hereinafter § 5-608(c)). Petitioner alleges that the sentence imposed is an illegal sentence under Maryland Rule 4-345(a). We shall hold that Petitioner’s challenge to the enhanced sentence is not properly before this Court, and therefore, we affirm the judgment of the intermediate appellate court. Further, even if we were to determine that the issue was preserved, we would not invalidate the sentence imposed on the grounds alleged.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
After a three day jury trial, Petitioner Tyrone Bryant (“Bryant” or “Petitioner”) was convicted of distribution of [657]*657cocaine and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Pursuant to § 5-608(c), the State filed a notice of intent to seek a mandatory, enhanced sentence of 25 years without the possibility of parole based on Petitioner’s alleged prior drug convictions. In general, the statute requires the defendant to have served at least one term of confinement of at least 180 days and to have two separate qualifying prior convictions. At sentencing, in order to prove the qualifying prior convictions, the State submitted certified copies of docket entries involving two separate cases. The first docket entry, submitted as exhibit one, contained the information that on October 20, 1995, Tyrone L. Bryant, date of birth April 23, 1971, was sentenced in Baltimore City Case No. 295243003, to three years for possession with intent to distribute heroin with credit for time served accounting from June 29, 1995. The State Identification number (“SID number”)1 for this defendant was 000992305. The second docket entry, submitted as exhibit two, indicated that on July 13, 2001, Tyrone Bryant, date of birth April 23, 1971, was sentenced to ten years in Baltimore City Case No. 200271002, for possession with intent to distribute heroin with credit for time served accounting from October 9, 2000. The SID number for this defendant was also 000992305. Correctional Case Management Specialist Bibika Cash from Patuxent Institution, after review of the file for an inmate with DOC ID number 301-637, testified that the file contained a photograph of a man named Tyrone Bryant with [658]*658the date of birth of November 22, 1969, described as a black male with brown eyes. The file further indicated that Tyrone Bryant was incarcerated in Case No. 200271002 from October 9, 2000 to September 12, 2007.
Next, Agnes Campbell, a fingerprint technician with the Baltimore City Police Department, testified in regards to two fingerprint cards, which were also offered into evidence. Campbell testified that the two fingerprint cards contained prints from Tyrone Bryant who was “locked up” on June 29, 1995 and again on November 30, 2000. The State then asked the witness to take Petitioner’s fingerprints and compare them to the fingerprint cards connected to the two prior convictions. The sentencing judge stated that these steps were unnecessary to prove the prior offenses, and when the judge asked defense counsel if he was arguing that the convictions were not Petitioner’s, counsel stated that he “can’t say that [the offenses are not Mr. Bryant’s] right now.” The court then denied defense counsel’s motion to strike Ms. Campbell’s testimony on the grounds that she was not an expert. The court pointed out, however, that Ms. Campbell’s testimony would not “play a role” in the sentencing determination. Following this colloquy, the sentencing judge stated: “All right[,] so having reviewed] the State’s exhibits in this case I am satisfied that the qualifications under Criminal Law [§ 568(c) ] have been met. That Mr. Bryant has been convicted twice previously under the requisite statute and he was incarcerated at least one term of confinement was [sic] longer than 180 days in a correctional institution.” The sentencing judge then imposed a mandatory, enhanced sentence of 25 years -without the possibility of parole for each offense, to be served concurrently.
Petitioner noted a timely appeal. The Court of Special Appeals, in an unreported opinion, affirmed the judgment in part, holding that the trial court erred in imposing two — albeit concurrent — subsequent offender sentences, but affirmed the imposition of one of the subsequent offender sentences. This Court granted certiorari, Bryant v. State, 431 Md. 444, 66 A.3d 47 (2013), to answer the following questions:
[659]*659(1) Is a claim that the State failed to present sufficient evidence for the imposition of a subsequent offender sentence reviewable on appeal as a challenge to an illegal sentence, or, in the alternative, the judgment of the trial court under Rule 8 — 131(c)?
(2) Did the trial court err in imposing an enhanced sentence of 25 years without parole where the State failed to prove that the predicate convictions belonged to Petitioner?
DISCUSSION
The State’s principal contention is that Petitioner has waived any challenge to the imposition of his sentence because he failed to object during the sentencing proceeding. Petitioner urges this Court to review his enhanced sentence, despite no objection below, as an illegal sentence pursuant to Md. Rule 4-345(a), or, in the alternative, pursuant to the Court’s scope of review under Md. Rule 8 — 131(c). Before turning to each of Petitioner’s arguments and proffered grounds for this Court’s review, we address the procedural rules regarding preservation of issues generally.
Md. Rule 8 — 131(a)2 provides that appellate courts ordinarily will not decide an issue not raised in or decided by the trial court. In other words, the appellate courts will only address issues that are properly preserved for review, and issues that are not preserved are deemed to be waived. The purpose behind preservation and waiver principles is well established:
The purpose of Md. Rule 8-131(a) is to ensure fairness for all parties in a case and to promote the orderly administration of law. Fairness and the orderly administration of justice is advanced by requiring counsel to bring the position of their client to the attention of the lower court at the trial so that the trial court «can pass upon, and possibly correct any errors in the proceedings. For those reasons, [660]*660Md. Rule 8-131 (a) requires an appellant who desires to contest a court’s ruling or other error on appeal to have made a timely objection at trial. The failure to do so bars the appellant from obtaining review of the claimed error, as a matter of right.
Robinson v. State, 410 Md. 91, 103, 976 A.2d 1072, 1079 (2009) (citations and quotations omitted). Despite these provisions, appellate courts may in limited circumstances, “if necessary or desirable to guide the trial court or to avoid the expense and delay of another appeal[,]” decide an issue that was not preserved. Md. Rule 8-131(a).3 Such circumstances, however, are not present in this case.
Additionally, Rule 4-323(c), applicable to rulings and orders other than evidentiary rulings, provides that an objection must be made “at the time the ruling or order is made or sought” in order to be preserved for appellate review. See Md. Rule 4-323(c). “If a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order when it is made, the absence of an objection at that time does not constitute a waiver.... [but] if there is an opportunity to object to an order or ruling when made, the failure to do so (and to inform the court of the relief requested) may constitute a waiver.” Hill v. State, 355 Md. 206, 219, 734 A.2d 199, 206 (1999) (emphasis in original).
Rule 4-323 applies to both trial and sentencing proceedings. Conyers v. State, 354 Md. 132, 149, 729 A.2d 910, 919 (1999). It is well settled that challenges to sentencing determinations are generally waived if not raised during the sentencing proceeding. See Brecker v. State, 304 Md. 36, 40, [661]*661497 A.2d 479, 481 (1985); Towers v. Director, Patuxent Inst., 16 Md.App. 678, 682-83, 299 A.2d 461, 465 (1973). In Brecker v. State, for example, the defendant objected to the amount of restitution ordered by the trial court during his sentencing proceeding, but argued for the first time on appeal that the trial judge erred by not considering the defendant’s ability to pay before ordering restitution. Brecker, 304 Md. at 39-41, 497 A.2d at 480-81. This Court held that the defendant waived his claim by failing to object at sentencing on the grounds that the trial court failed to consider defendant’s ability to pay. Brecker, 304 Md. at 42, 497 A.2d at 481-82 (“[T]he failure to make a timely objection constitutes a waiver of that particular issue and, as a result, we may not consider it.”). See also Reiger v. State, 170 Md.App. 693, 908 A.2d 124 (2006) (involving a challenge to a sentence based upon a claim of impermissible sentencing considerations, where no objection had been made during the sentencing proceedings). In Reiger v. State, the Court of Special Appeals noted that:
When, as in this case, a judge’s statement from the bench about the reasons for the sentence gives rise to the claim of impermissible sentencing considerations, defense counsel has good reason to speak up. A timely objection serves an important purpose in this context. Specifically, it gives the court opportunity to reconsider the sentence in light of the defendant’s complaint that it is premised upon improper factors, or otherwise to clarify the reasons for the sentence in order to alleviate such concerns.... Simply stated, when there is time to object, there is opportunity to correct.
170 Md.App. at 701, 908 A.2d at 128 (footnote and citation omitted).
In the instant case, the parties do not dispute that defense counsel made no objection at the time of Petitioner’s sentencing. Indeed, during the sentencing proceeding, when the trial judge asked the prosecutor why he was having the witness take Petitioner’s fingerprints for an in-court comparison, the prosecutor commented that “[i]t is my understand [sic] that [defense counsel] is going to be challenging the authenticity!!,]” to which defense counsel replied “[t]hat’s not correct. I [662]*662simply indicated briefly to the State that Mr. Bryant wanted every potential road blocked because he’s looking at twenty-five without parole.” Defense counsel also failed to object even when prompted by the trial judge. Specifically, the judge asked defense counsel “are you telling me that these two convictions are not his?” to which defense counsel responded “I can’t speak, I can’t say that right now.” Now on appeal, the State contends that “Bryant’s counsel had good reason to speak up and argue that the proffered convictions did not belong to Bryant and/or that the State’s evidence did not properly prove a nexus between Bryant and those convictions.” The State further points out that “had defense counsel argued that the State had not establish[ed] the nexus between Bryant and the two introduced convictions, the court would have had the opportunity to reconsider the evidence ... or an opportunity to otherwise specify the reasons why the court believed the nexus had been established.”
There are limited grounds on which a sentence may be properly reviewed by this Court despite the failure to object at the time of the proceedings. One such avenue for review, relevant to this case, is Md. Rule 4-345(a), which provides that a “court may correct an illegal sentence at any time.” See Walczak v. State, 302 Md. 422, 427, 488 A.2d 949, 951 (1985) (holding that “when the trial court has allegedly imposed a sentence not permitted by law, the issue should ordinarily be reviewed on direct appeal even if no objection was made in the trial court”). This exception is a limited one, and only applies to sentences that are “inherently” illegal. See Chaney v. State, 397 Md. 460, 466, 918 A.2d 506, 509-10 (2007) (“The scope of this privilege, allowing collateral and belated attacks on the sentence and excluding waiver as a bar to relief, is narrow, however.”) (emphasis in original); State v. Griffiths, 338 Md. 485, 496, 659 A.2d 876, 882 (1995) (“Rule [4-345(a) ] creates a limited exception to the general rule of finality[.]”).4 “We have consistently defined this category of ‘illegal sen[663]*663tence’ as limited to those situations in which the illegality inheres in the sentence itself; i. e., there either has been no conviction warranting any sentence for the particular offense or the sentence is not a permitted one for the conviction upon which it was imposed and, for either reason, is intrinsically and substantively unlawful.” Chaney, 397 Md. at 466, 918 A.2d at 510. See also Pollard v. State, 394 Md. 40, 42, 904 A.2d 500, 501 (2006) (holding that “[t]he sentence imposed was neither illegal, in excess of that prescribed for the offense for which Petitioner was convicted, nor were the terms of the sentence itself statutorily or constitutionally invalid”).
The distinction between those sentences that are “illegal” in the commonly understood sense, subject to ordinary review and procedural limitations, and those that are “inherently” illegal, subject to correction “at any time” under Rule 4-345(a), has been described as the difference between a substantive error in the sentence itself, and a procedural error in the sentencing proceedings. See Tshiwala v. State, 424 Md. 612, 619, 37 A.3d 308, 312 (2012) (“[Wjhere the sentence imposed is not inherently illegal, and where the matter complained of is a procedural error, the complaint does not concern an illegal sentence for purposes of Rule 4—345(a).”); State v. Wilkins, 393 Md. 269, 284, 900 A.2d 765, 774 (2006) (“[A]ny illegality must inhere in the sentence, not in the judge’s actions. In defining an illegal sentence the focus is not on whether the judge’s ‘actions’ are per se illegal but whether the sentence itself is illegal.”). As aptly stated by Judge Charles E. Moylan, Jr., speaking for the Court of Special Appeals in the recent case, Carlini v. State, 215 Md.App. 415, 419-20, 81 A.3d 560, 563 (2013), “[tjhere are countless illegal sentences in the simple sense ... [and] [t]here are, by contrast, illegal sentences in the pluperfect sense ... there is a critically dispositive difference between a procedurally illegal sentencing process and an inherently illegal sentence itself,” and “only the latter [ ] is grist for the mill [664]*664of Maryland Rule 4-345(a)[.]” Accordingly, our inquiry in this case is whether Petitioner’s sentence itself is inherently illegal.
To support his contention that his sentence is illegal, Petitioner relies on Bowman v. State, 314 Md. 725, 552 A.2d 1303 (1989). In that case, the defendant was sentenced to 25 years without the possibility of parole under an enhanced sentencing statute for a third conviction of a crime of violence. The trial judge sentenced the defendant pursuant to the relevant statute on the belief that defendant had been twice convicted of armed robbery, which qualifies as a “crime of violence” for the purposes of the subsequent offender sentencing statute. Bowman, 314 Md. at 731, 552 A.2d at 1305. Both predicate convictions occurred in the District of Columbia. In fact, although one of the two convictions was for armed robbery, the other conviction was for robbery. Id. On appeal, the robbery conviction was determined to be for “simple robbery,”5 which under District of Columbia law did not necessarily meet the definition of a violent crime for the purposes of the Maryland enhanced sentencing statute. Therefore, the predicate conviction could not support an imposition of an enhanced sentence, and this Court vacated the sentence as illegal. Bowman, 314 Md. at 738, 552 A.2d at 1309.
The conclusion in Bowman, however, is distinguishable from the present case. In that case, one of the two predicate convictions did not qualify under the statute for subsequent offender status and enhanced sentencing. Where only one of the two prior convictions was proven to satisfy the requirements of the statute, the enhanced sentence was not “permitted by law.” Bowman, 314 Md. at 738, 552 A.2d at 1309; Walczak, 302 Md. at 427, 488 A.2d at 951. That is, there [665]*665existed an “inherent illegality” in the sentence.6 By contrast, in the instant matter, the two underlying convictions did satisfy the requirements of the enhanced sentencing statute. At issue here is not whether there existed the necessary predicate convictions to meet the statutory requirements for an enhanced sentence. The issue is whether there was sufficient evidence of Petitioner’s identity to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the predicate convictions are connected to Petitioner, where there was some discrepancy in the record as to Petitioner’s birth date and incarceration dates.
This Court’s holding in Chaney, on the other hand, is instructive. In that case, Chaney challenged the imposition of restitution and employment conditions of his probation. Specifically, Chaney argued that his sentence was illegal “in large part because no evidentiary foundation was laid to support” those conditions of probation. 397 Md. at 467, 918 A.2d at 510. We determined that even if that were so, “that does not make the conditions intrinsically illegal.” Id. Rather, the lack of evidentiary support was a procedural flaw, which does not fall within the category of sentences reviewable under Rule 4-345(a).7 Similarly, in the present case, Petitioner’s complaint relates to the sufficiency of the evidence. Like the imposition of restitution in Chaney, the challenge here is to an alleged [666]*666procedural flaw, subject to the normal preservation rules. Thus, we conclude that there is no “inherent illegality” within the meaning of Rule 4-345(a).
The Court of Special Appeals held that Bryant’s claim with regard to his enhanced punishment was not properly preserved for review, stating that “[u]pon Bryant’s conviction, he became eligible for enhanced sentencing; thus the sentence imposed was not intrinsically and substantively unlawful. What is challenged is not the sentence itself, but the sufficiency of the evidence to support the sentence, which, if not raised at the trial court, cannot be raised for the first time on direct appeal.” We agree. Where the predicate convictions both qualified under the enhanced sentencing statute and the trial court was “satisfied that the qualifications ... have been met,” Petitioner’s sentence was not “inherently illegal.”8 Therefore, Petitioner’s complaint is not properly before this Court. See Chaney, 397 Md. at 466-67, 918 A.2d at 510 (holding that the challenged sentence was not illegal and that “any other deficiency in the sentence that may be grounds for an appellate court to vacate it — impermissible considerations in imposing it, for example-must ordinarily be raised in or decided by the trial court and presented for appellate review in a timely-filed direct appeal”). Moreover, as we stated in State v. Wilkins, “a motion to correct an illegal sentence is not an alternative method of obtaining belated appellate review of the proceedings that led to the imposition or judgment and sentence in a criminal case.” 393 Md. at 273, 900 A.2d at 768.
Next, Petitioner argues that, in the alternative, this Court must review the challenge to Petitioner’s sentencing under Md. Rule 8-131(c), which provides that:
[667]*667When an action has been tried without a jury, the appellate court will review the case on both the law and the evidence. It will not set aside the judgment of the trial court on the evidence unless clearly erroneous, and will give due regard to the opportunity of the trial court to judge the credibility of the witnesses.
Rule 8-131(c) embodies the “clearly erroneous” standard to be applied by the appellate courts in review of bench trials. See Davis v. Davis, 280 Md. 119, 122, 372 A.2d 231, 232 (1977) (“Maryland Rule [8-131(c), previously Rules 886 and 1086,] provide[s] the standard of review of actions tried without a jury.... The ‘clearly erroneous’ concept is no newcomer to Maryland procedure!.]”). See also Lambert v. State, 196 Md. 57, 68, 75 A.2d 327, 332 (1950) (“That rule was adopted for the purpose of preventing a possible miscarriage of justice by permitting the determination of one judge to take away the life or liberty of an accused without a review by any other tribunal.”); Williams v. State, 5 Md.App. 450, 456-60, 247 A.2d 731, 735-38 (1968) (providing a thorough discussion of the history of what is now Rule 8 — 131(c)).
In arguing that review is proper under Rule 8-131(c), Petitioner relies on Ford v. State, 73 Md.App. 391, 534 A.2d 992 (1988), which also involved the sentencing of a subsequent offender. On appeal in that case, the defendant argued that the State failed to prove the predicate conviction for his enhanced sentence beyond a reasonable doubt. Ford, 73 Md.App. at 402, 534 A.2d at 997. The State countered that the issue was not properly before the appellate court because the defendant did not object at the time the sentence was imposed. The Court of Special Appeals noted that “[i]n fact, appellant failed to object twice” but then apparently concluded that there was no reasonable opportunity for the defendant to object, stating that:
At the time the prosecutor was making his proffer of the appellant’s record, appellant was under no obligation to say anything. Until the prosecutor placed the certified copy of the conviction into evidence or produced other competent evidence, there was nothing to controvert. A proffer is not [668]*668evidence unless the parties stipulate that a proffer will suffice. Appellant continued his silence; hence, there was no agreement that the facts were as proffered when the sentence was imposed.
Ford, 73 Md.App. at 404, 534 A.2d at 998. Then, the Court of Special Appeals stated that “[o]ur review of this silence implicates our review under Rule 1086 [now Rule 8-131(c) ]” and held that Rule 8 — 131(c) “applies equally to proceedings where an enhanced sentence may be imposed. Appellant’s failure to raise the issue of whether the State produced sufficient evidence of a prior conviction does not preclude his seeking review by this tribunal.” Ford, 73 Md.App. at 404-05, 534 A.2d at 998.
We interpret the above language in Ford to mean that there was no reasonable opportunity to object to the evidence; thus preservation was not at issue on appeal. See Hill, 355 Md. at 219, 734 A.2d at 206 (“If a party has no opportunity to object to a ruling or order when it is made, the absence of an objection at that time does not constitute a waiver.”). Accordingly, because the substantive issue regarding the defendant’s sentence was properly before the intermediate appellate court, the Court of Special Appeals went on to state the applicable standard of review, which appears in Rule 8-131(c).9 While we certainly agree that Rule 8 — 131(c) would “apply equally” to sentencing proceedings to provide the standard of review (clearly erroneous) where the trial judge made the findings of fact necessary to support a particular sentence, we do not [669]*669agree with Petitioner that Rule 8-131(c) provides an avenue for this Court to exercise its authority to review an otherwise unpreserved or waived issue. Rule 8-131(c) neither expressly nor implicitly provides an exception to our general preservation rules or the contemporaneous objection rule. Rather, subsection (c) merely defines the standard of review to be applied by the appellate court sitting in review of nonjury trials. See Davis, 280 Md. at 122, 372 A.2d at 232.
Footnote 9 at the end of the Ford decision further clarifies this point. The footnote states that “[w]e recognize that this might seem to put a premium on a defendant’s silence to the detriment of the State. This need not be so; the State need only follow the ruling of Butler [v. State, 46 Md.App. 317, 416 A.2d 773 (1980)], Teeter [v. State, 65 Md.App. 105, 499 A.2d 503 (1985),] and Sullivan [v. State, 29 Md.App. 622, 349 A.2d 663 (1976).]” Ford, 73 Md.App. at 406 n. 9, 534 A.2d at 999 n. 9. A review of Butler, Teeter, and Sullivan reveals that in each of those cases, the preservation issue was not addressed by review under Rule 8-131(c). Specifically, in Butler, the Court of Special Appeals reached the merits of the enhanced sentencing issue because “manifest injustice would possibly result if [the court] d[id] not review the issue.” Butler, 46 Md.App. at 322, 416 A.2d at 776. The Court of Special Appeals in Teeter reviewed the merits of the defendant’s challenge as an illegal sentence under this Court’s holding in Walczak. See Teeter, 65 Md.App. at 115, 499 A.2d at 508 (“[Defendant] concedes that he failed to preserve this issue for our review, but reminds us that an assertion of an unauthorized sentence may be considered for the first time on appeal.”). Similarly, the Court of Special Appeals in Sullivan only addressed the legality of the sentence, without discussing preservation. Sullivan, 29 Md.App. at 625, 349 A.2d at 666 (“The questions [the defendant] presents go only to the legality of the sentence.”). Thus, it is clear that none of these cases relied on Rule 8-131(c) to provide a pathway to reach an unpreserved issue.
No other case appears to apply Rule 8-131(c) as providing for an enhanced appellate scope of review. In Sutton v. State, 128 Md.App. 308, 328, 738 A.2d 286, 297 (1999), the intermedi[670]*670ate appellate court cited Ford, 73 Md.App. at 405, 534 A.2d at 998, for the proposition that “[the defendant’s] failure to raise the issue of whether the State produced sufficient evidence of a prior conviction does not preclude his seeking review by this tribunal.” From this language in Ford, the Sutton court concluded that it would address the, merits of the defendant’s claim that there was insufficient evidence to prove the predicate convictions for sentencing as a subsequent offender, despite the defendant’s failure to object during sentencing. 128 Md.App. at 328, 738 A.2d at 297. The Sutton court, however, did not rely on Rule 8 — 131(c) to demonstrate the scope of its review of the matter, but reviewed the issue as an illegal sentence, citing Walczak, 302 Md. at 427, 488 A.2d at 951. Therefore, we reject the Petitioner’s argument that Rule 8-131(c) provides an alternate basis for this Court’s review of Petitioner’s sentencing.
In summary, the allegation that the court imposed an illegal sentence within the meaning of Rule 4-345(a) may be raised at any time. If the sentence is not illegal under Rule 4-345(a) and the allegation was not preserved, the allegation is waived and not properly before the court. The appellate court, however, in the exercise of its discretion under Rule 8-131 (a) may review an unpreserved issue. We decline to do so here. Accordingly, we hold that, where there was no objection below despite the opportunity to do so, Petitioner’s challenge to his enhanced sentence is not preserved for the appellate court’s review.
Assuming, arguendo, that the matter were properly before this Court, we would nevertheless hold that the evidence presented was sufficient for the sentencing judge to conclude that Petitioner committed the qualifying predicate offenses under § 5-608(c) beyond a reasonable doubt.10 “When the State seeks an enhanced penalty, the State must [671]*671prove each element of the enhanced penalty statute beyond a reasonable doubt, including the defendant’s identity in the previous qualifying convictions.” Dove v. State, 415 Md. 727, 746, 4 A.3d 976, 987 (2010). This is proven by competent evidence of all the statutory elements. Jones v. State, 324 Md. 32, 37, 595 A.2d 463, 465 (1991). It should be noted that “[t]he strict rules of evidence do not apply at a sentencing proceeding[.]” Smith v. State, 308 Md. 162, 166, 517 A.2d 1081, 1083 (1986). A sentencing judge’s “task within fixed statutory or constitutional limits is to determine the type and extent of punishment after the issue of guilt has been determined. Highly relevant — if not essential — to his selection of an appropriate sentence is the possession of the fullest information possible concerning the defendant’s life and characteristics.” Smith, 308 Md. at 167, 517 A.2d at 1084 (quoting Williams v. New York, 337 U.S. 241, 247, 69 S.Ct. 1079, 1083, 93 L.Ed. 1337, 1342 (1949)).
[672]*672Petitioner challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to establish his identity in the prior qualifying convictions, namely a conviction for possession of heroin with intent to distribute in 1995 and possession of heroin with intent to distribute in 2001. In order to prove the existence of the predicate qualifying convictions at Petitioner’s sentencing, the State first submitted certified copies of docket entries involving two separate cases. The docket entry submitted as exhibit one contained the information that on October 20, 1995, Tyrone L. Bryant, date of birth April 23, 1971, was sentenced in Baltimore City Case No. 295243003, to three years for possession with intent to distribute heroin with credit for time served accounting from June 29, 1995. The State Identification number (“SID number”) for this defendant was 000992305. The second docket entry, submitted as exhibit two, indicated that on July 13, 2001, Tyrone Bryant, date of birth April 23, 1971, was sentenced to ten years in Baltimore City Case No. 200271002, for possession with intent to distribute heroin with credit for time served accounting from October 9, 2000.11 The SID number for this defendant was also 000992305.
Correctional Case Management Specialist Bibika Cash from Patuxent Institution, after review of the case file for an inmate with DOC ID number 301-637, testified that the file contained a photograph of a man named Tyrone Bryant with a date of birth of November 22, 1969, described as a black male with brown eyes. This photograph was submitted as exhibit five. The file further indicated that Tyrone Bryant was incarcerated in Case No. 200271002 from October 9, 2000 to September 12, 2007.
The pre-sentence investigation report (“PSI report”), which was “prepared in conjunction with [Petitioner’s] sentencing,”12 [673]*673was part of the case file before the sentencing judge. The PSI report contained extensive information about Tyrone Bryant, with a date of birth of November 22, 1969 and SID number 992305. The PSI report also contained a catalogue of Tyrone Bryant’s criminal history that included the convictions for Case Nos. 295243003 and 200271002. Besides the listed birth date, all of the information in the PSI report concerning these convictions was consistent with the information contained in the docket entries introduced as exhibits one and two.
While there are a few discrepancies clearly present in the record, namely disparate birth dates and incarceration dates for Tyrone Bryant, a review of the PSI report13 in conjunction with the docket entries reveals that the defendant has the same SID number in all three cases. As this Court has previously explained, “[a] SID ... number is a unique number directly linked to an individual’s fingerprints. Because of that link, no two persons should have the same SID number; nor, if the proper procedures are followed, should a person ever have more than one SID number.” See State v. Dett, 391 Md. [674]*67481, 85, 891 A.2d 1113, 1115 (2006) (recognizing that where the arrestee’s designated SID number did not match the SID number on the arrest warrant and commitment order, the arrestee was unjustifiably detained). Petitioner has made no challenge as to the accuracy of the SID number in this case. Also included in the record was a photograph of Tyrone Bryant that was part of the case file for one of his predicate convictions. The image’s likeness to the Petitioner was not contested. Moreover, Petitioner never challenged the State’s assertion that he was the person to commit the qualifying predicate offenses even when directly asked by the sentencing judge. Therefore, the sentencing judge properly exercised her discretion when she determined that sufficient evidence was before her to conclude that Petitioner committed the predicate offenses beyond a reasonable doubt.
JUDGMENT OF THE COURT OF SPECIAL APPEALS AFFIRMED. PETITIONER TO PAY COSTS.
J. MCDONALD and WATTS, JJ., dissent.