FARMER, J.
We agree with defendant that the trial court erred in sentencing him as a habitual felony offender. The record does not contain the certified copies of the out-of-state convictions purportedly relied on by the state to prove the requisite prior convictions. In fact, the record does not show that these documents were ever actually received in evidence. Moreover, the trial court failed to make specific findings of fact as to the basis for habitual felony...
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