GIVAN, Chief Justice.
Appellant was charged with theft. In addition it was alleged that she was an habitual criminal. She was tried and sentenced by the trial judge: "Count I, Theft, two (2) years; Count II, Habitual Criminal, thirty (30) years, to run consecutively."
Although we understand what the trial judge intended to do, we note that her terminology is incorrect. One convicted of a crime and found to be an habitual criminal is not sentenced separately...
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