SHEPARD, Chief Justice. Michael J. Weatherford filed a petition for post-conviction relief challenging the 1979 determination that he was an habitual criminal. The Court of Appeals held that Weatherford was entitled to relief because the transcript of his original trial did not contain evidence demonstrating the date on which one of Weatherford's prior felonies was committed. This holding wrongly allocates the burden of pr…
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