Opinion ID: 2595151
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Heading: A. Habitual Criminal Sentence

Text: Martinez was convicted of possessing less than an ounce of cocaine, a class 4 felony with a maximum presumptive sentence of six years. § 18-18-405(2)(a)(I), 8B C.R.S. (Supp. 1996); § 18-1-105(1)(a)(V)(A), 8B C.R.S. (Supp.1996). In the subsequent habitual criminal sentencing proceeding, the court found that the prosecution proved four prior felony convictions, requiring a sentence four times the maximum presumptive sentence for his possession conviction. See § 16-13-101(2), 8A C.R.S. (Supp.1996). The habitual criminal statute therefore required that Martinez be sentenced to twenty-four years incarceration for committing a class 4 felony after at least three qualifying felony convictions.