Previous Convictions Defined

(a)For purposes of Subsection

(a)of § 80.38or § 80.40, a conviction of the commission of a crime in another jurisdiction shall constitute a previous conviction. Such conviction shall be deemed to have been a felony if sentence of death or of imprisonment in excess of one

(1)year was authorized under the law of such other jurisdiction, of a misdemeanor if sentence of imprisonment in excess of sixty

(60)days but not in excess of a year was authorized and of a petty misdemeanor if sentence of imprisonment for not more than sixty

(60)days was authorized.

(b)An adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction that the defendant committed a crime constitutes a conviction for purposes of §§ 80.38, 80.40 or 80.44, although sentence or the execution thereof was suspended, provided that the time to appeal has expired and that the defendant was not pardoned on the ground of innocence. When the defendant has asked that other crimes admitted in open court be taken into account when he is sentenced and the court has not rejected such request, the sentence shall bar the prosecution or conviction of the defendant in Guam for any such admitted crime.