State v. Beltran

Demetrio Beltran pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter.. The district court sentenced him to a determinate term of fifteen years in the custody of the Board, of Correction. The sole issue on appeal is whether the maximum penalty of fifteen years was excessive and represents an abuse of sentencing discretion by the district court. We affirm.

Our standards for sentence review are well-settled. The trial court possesses discretionary authority to determine an appropriate sentence. A sentence within the statutory maximum will not be disturbed on appeal unless a clear abuse of sentencing discretion…