Opinion ID: 1296837
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Previous Conviction for a Crime of Violence

Text: As another aggravating factor, the trial court found, pursuant to A.R.S. § 13-703(F)(2), that defendant had been previously convicted of a crime of violence  namely, an aggravated assault in Texas. At the sentencing hearing, the state offered certified copies of defendant's indictment, plea agreement, and judgment on plea of guilty as proof that he had been previously convicted of stabbing another person with a homemade spear. Defendant argues this was insufficient  that the state failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he had been previously convicted of the offense because it did not offer a certified record of his conviction. We do not understand defendant's contention that the state failed to introduce a certified copy of his aggravated assault conviction. As Exhibit 1 at the hearing, the state introduced a certified Judgment on Plea of Guilt, which indicated that, pursuant to a plea, the court found defendant guilty of aggravated assault. This is a certified copy of conviction, and we find no error.