STATE OF ARIZONA v. JOEL TORRES-FELIX
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IN THE ARIZONA COURT OF APPEALS DIVISION TWO THE STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. JOEL TORRES-FELIX, Appellant. No. 2 CA-CR 2019-0140 Filed March 17, 2020 THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES. NOT FOR PUBLICATION See Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 111(c)(1); Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31.19(e). Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County No. CR20181621001 The Honorable Gus Aragon, Judge AFFIRMED COUNSEL Mark Brnovich, Arizona Attorney General By Diane Leigh Hunt, Assistant Attorney General, Tucson Counsel for Appellee Law Offices of Thomas Jacobs, Tucson By Thomas Jacobs Counsel for Appellant STATE v. TORRES-FELIX Decision of the Court MEMORANDUM DECISION Chief Judge Vásquez authored the decision of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Staring and Judge Brearcliffe concurred. V Á S Q U E Z, Chief Judge: ¶1 After a jury trial held in his absence, Joel Torres-Felix was convicted of transportation of a dangerous drug for sale and possession of drug paraphernalia and sentenced to concurrent prison terms, the longer of which is five years. Counsel has filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530 (App. 1999), stating he has reviewed the record but found no “issues of merit” and asking this court to review the record for error. Torres-Felix has not filed a supplemental brief. ¶2 Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the jury’s verdicts, see State v. Tamplin, 195 Ariz. 246, ¶ 2 (App. 1999), the evidence is sufficient here, see A.R.S. § 13-3407(A)(7). In April 2018, a police officer saw Torres-Felix enter a vehicle. At a traffic stop shortly thereafter, the driver and Torres-Felix were arrested and 1.92 pounds of methamphetamine were found in the vehicle, along with a backpack containing baby clothes and a baby formula container. Torres-Felix admitted to police that he had purchased about two pounds of methamphetamine in order to sell it, and had placed it with recently purchased baby supplies and clothes to conceal it. His sentence is within the statutory range. See A.R.S. § 13-3407(E). ¶3 Pursuant to our obligation under Anders, we have searched the record for reversible error and found none. Accordingly, we affirm Torres-Felix’s convictions and sentences. 2
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