concurring specially.
I concur with much of what Chief Justice Benham writes in his special concurrence, most especially that as a matter of principle and practicality, it should remain incumbent upon the State to carry the burden of establishing the validity of guilty-plea based prior convictions proffered by the State as evidence that a recidivist defendant’s sentence should be enhanced.
*291Harry N. Gordon, District Attorney, James D. Love, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.