State v. Anderson

728 So. 2d 14, 1998 WL 808559
Louisiana Court of Appeal·Decided November 18, 1998·No. 97-KA-2587·Published·Cited by 42 cases

Opinion

728 So.2d 14 (1998)

STATE of Louisiana
v.
Kirk D. ANDERSON.

No. 97-KA-2587.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

November 18, 1998.

*16 Arcenious F. Armond, Jr., Gretna, Louisiana, Attorney for Defendant/Appellant, Kirk D. Anderson.

Harry F. Connick, District Attorney, Susan Erlanger Talbot, Assistant District Attorney of Orleans Parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, Attorneys for Appellee, The State of Louisiana.

Court composed of Chief Judge PATRICK M. SCHOTT, and Judge WILLIAM H. BYRNES, III and Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY.

MURRAY, Judge.

Kirk D. Anderson appeals his conviction and sentence for forcible rape, second degree kidnapping, and aggravated crime against nature. He also appeals his adjudication and sentence as a second offender. For the following reasons, we affirm the habitual offender adjudication, set aside the sentence, and remand for resentencing.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE:

On July 19, 1993, defendant, Kirk D. Anderson, was charged by bill of information with one count of forcible rape, one count of second degree kidnapping, and one count of aggravated crime against. A jury found Mr. Anderson guilty as charged on all three counts. He filed motions for new trial and for post-verdict judgment of acquittal. These motions were not heard prior to the multiple bill and sentencing hearing, following which Mr. Anderson was adjudicated a second felony offender on count one (forcible rape) and sentenced to eighty years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. He was sentenced to five years at hard labor on the second degree kidnapping conviction and five years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence on the aggravated crime against nature conviction.[1] While Mr. Anderson's appeal was pending this Court noted that the trial court had not ruled upon the post-trial motions, and ordered the trial court to consider them. Both motions were denied. On appeal, this Court affirmed the convictions, vacated the sentences and remanded for resentencing because Mr. Anderson had been sentenced prior to the hearing on his post-trial motions. State v. Anderson, 95-1252 (La.App. 4 Cir. 7/31/96), 679 So.2d 181.

On February 5, 1997, the trial court resentenced Mr. Anderson to serve forty years at hard labor on the forcible rape conviction, fifteen years at hard labor on the aggravated crime against nature conviction, and five years at hard labor on the second degree *17 kidnapping conviction. All sentences were to be served without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence, and were to run concurrently. On the same day, the State filed a multiple bill of information. At the multiple bill hearing the trial court adjudicated Mr. Anderson a second felony offender on the forcible rape conviction and sentenced him to eighty years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. Mr. Anderson's motion to reconsider sentence was denied, and his motion for appeal was granted.

DISCUSSION:

A. Errors Patent and Assignment of Error No. 9

A review of the record for errors patent reveals one. The trial court initially sentenced Mr. Anderson to serve forty years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence on the forcible rape conviction. Thereafter, the State filed a multiple bill of information alleging that Mr. Anderson was a second felony offender. After a hearing, the trial court adjudicated Mr. Anderson a multiple offender and sentenced him on the forcible rape charge to eighty years at hard labor without benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence under the multiple offender statute. However, the trial court failed to vacate the original sentence imposed on the forcible rape conviction prior to sentencing under the multiple bill. Such error requires that Mr. Anderson's sentence under the multiple bill be vacated and the matter remanded for resentencing.[2]State v. Carter, 96-358 (La. App. 5 Cir. 11/26/96), 685 So.2d 346.

B. Assignment of Error No. 1

In this assignment, Mr. Anderson contends the State failed to prove that he was convicted of a prior felony offense. In the multiple bill of information, the State alleged that Mr. Anderson pled guilty to armed robbery in July of 1989 and was sentenced to seven years at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Mr. Anderson argues the evidence produced by the State was not sufficient to establish identity and/or that he knowingly and voluntarily pled guilty to the predicate offense.

Mr. Anderson failed to file a written response to the multiple bill of information complaining of the irregularity pursuant to La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1(D)(1)(b), however, he did object orally. His oral objection is sufficient to preserve the issue for appellate review. See State v. Lorio, 94-2591 (La.App. 4 Cir. 9/28/95), 662 So.2d 128.

To obtain a multiple bill conviction, the State is required to establish both the prior felony conviction and that the defendant is the same person convicted of that felony. State v. Hawthorne, 580 So.2d 1131 (La.App. 4 Cir.1991). The defendant's identity may be shown by a variety of methods, including the testimony of witnesses, expert opinion regarding the fingerprints of the defendant when compared with those in the prior record, or photographs in the duly authenticated record. State v. Curtis, 338 So.2d 662 (La.1976). Establishing that the defendant's name and that of the person previously convicted is the same is insufficient evidence of identity under La.Rev.Stat. 15:529.1. Curtis, supra; State v. Neville, 96-0137 (La.App. 4 Cir. 5/21/97), 695 So.2d 534, writ denied, 97-1637 (La.12/12/97), 704 So.2d 1180.

At the multiple bill hearing held on April 18, 1997, the State produced a certified copy of Mr. Anderson's conviction for armed robbery and a certified copy of the transcript from the multiple bill hearing held on January 10, 1995. The trial court admitted the transcript of the prior multiple bill hearing over Mr. Anderson's objection. The trial court correctly noted that the transcript was certified and therefore, admissible. See La. Code Evid. art. 904. However, the certified records of the prior conviction do not contain Mr. Anderson's fingerprints. He argues that without a comparison of his fingerprints, the State is unable to prove his identity as the person previously convicted of armed robbery. The State counters that Mr. Anderson's date of birth found on the arrest report for the present offense (August 1, *18 1966) is the same date of birth found on the sentencing minute entry and commitment from the prior armed robbery conviction. Such evidence alone, however, is not sufficient to establish a defendant's identity. Id.

However, Mr. Anderson's testimony at the hearing on January 10, 1995, acknowledging the prior conviction and introduced at the April 18, 1997, multiple bill hearing, is sufficient to establish his identity as the person previously convicted of armed robbery on July 11, 1989. At the first multiple bill hearing, the State introduced evidence reflecting that Mr. Anderson was advised of his Boykin[3] rights prior to pleading

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