McAULIFFE, Judge.
The defendant in this case was sentenced to 25 years without parole pursuant to Article 27, § 643B(c), Maryland Code (1957, 1992 Repl.Vol.), one of Maryland's recidivist statutes. He appealed to the Court of Special Appeals, contending, among other things, that the State had failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that one of the predicate convictions upon which his sentence was based was constitutionally valid. Relying on the case of Middleton...
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