OPINION
KEASLER, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, and HERVEY, JJ., joined.
Evading arrest is a third-degree felony if the actor uses a vehicle and has previously been convicted of evading arrest. We must decide whether the prior conviction must be proved at the guilt-innocence or punishment stage of trial. We conclude that it must be proved at the guilt stage of trial because the statute presents it as an element...
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