People v. Williams

By an information defendant was accused of the crime of forgery. Later, by an amended information, defendant was charged with the commission of the identical offense of which he was originally charged, and in addition thereto, in substance the information contained the allegation that theretofore, in Tuba County, within this state, said defendant had been convicted of the crime of burglary.

Prom a judgment of “conviction of a felony, to wit, forgery, and prior conviction on burglary”, defendant has appealed to this court.

Appellant contends that prejudicial error was committed by the trial court in that, as related solely to the prior conviction of defendant, “the corpus delicti was not proved at the time the admission of the defendant was allowed to go into evidence”. In that connection, the record discloses the fact that preceding the introduction of testimony by a witness to the effect that defendant had admitted to him all the facts relevant to the charge of prior conviction, the prosecution introduced in evidence certified copies of the record in the Superior Court in and for the County of Tuba, this state, by which it appeared that theretofore in said court a man by the…