State v. Pereira
Annotate this CasePursuant to Defendant's plea of no contest, the district court convicted Defendant of second degree murder. Upon sentencing, the court imposed a sentence of fifty years to life imprisonment. Defendant appealed, contending that the court improperly limited or denied his right of allocution and that the court imposed an excessive sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) there was no error in the court's handling of Defendant's allocution; and (2) Defendant failed to show that the district court abused its discretion in sentencing him, as the court imposed a sentence within the statutory range and considered the pertinent factors.
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