When a defendant's prior conviction raises the grade of an offense, and thus becomes an element of the higher grade offense, the Criminal Procedure Law — reflecting a concern for potential prejudice and unfairness to the defendant in putting earlier convictions before the jury — specifies a procedure for alleging and proving the prior convictions (CPL 200.60). This appeal requires us to...
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