889. No pleading to previous conviction count. Exception
Unless otherwise expressly provided, where an indictment contains a count charging the accused person with having been previously convicted, he or she shall not, at the time of his or her arraignment, be required to plead to it unless he or she pleads guilty to the rest of the indictment, nor shall such count be mentioned to the jury when the accused is given in charge to them, nor shall he or she be tried upon the count if he or she is acquitted on the other counts.