Opinion ID: 2170831
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Heading: Admission of Certified Document

Text: Appellant asserts that the trial court erred in admitting into evidence State's Exhibit No. 14, a certified copy of appellant's commitment to the Department of Corrections, during the habitual offender hearing. Appellant contends that because the document had not been signed by the then-Clerk of the Marion County Courts its present certification as a true and complete copy by the present Clerk of the Courts is not sufficient for admission. Ind. Trial Rule 44(A)(1) provides that documents which are properly certified by the court clerk with the seal of office are admissible to establish a defendant's prior record for habitual offender purposes. Logston v. State (1989), Ind., 535 N.E.2d 525. State's Exhibit 14 was properly certified by the present Clerk of the Courts and the trial court did not err in admitting this document pursuant to T.R. 44(A)(1).