Opinion ID: 1903505
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Heading: Was Hughes properly sentenced as a habitual offender?

Text: ¶ 18. Hughes had prior convictions for burglary, burglary of a dwelling and felony shoplifting. Certified copies of the judgments were admitted into evidence as proof of these prior convictions. Hughes, in fact, stipulated that he was the person who committed these crimes. Hughes asserts that the number of the felony conviction for shoplifting in the indictment was different from the number upon which his habitual status was based. Although Hughes failed to object at trial regarding this issue, he now raises the issue on appeal. There is insufficient evidence before this Court to determine whether the difference in numbering was a clerical error or whether the actual conviction was different. However, regardless of whether the numbering was incorrect, Hughes stipulated to the fact that he was convicted of all three prior felonies. Furthermore, his argument concerned the numbering on the felony shopping lifting conviction. Hughes does not dispute the authenticity or numbering of the two burglaries, so those two felonies alone were sufficient to sentence Hughes as a habitual offender. See Miss. Code Ann. § 99-19-81 (2000).