People v. Lopez

HODGES, Chief Justice.

These appeals, challenging the sentences imposed following criminal convictions, raise identical issues which have been decided adversely to the appellants in recent decisions of this court. We consolidate the cases for the purpose of this opinion, and affirm the judgment of the district court in each case.

Because the facts of the two cases vary, they are set forth separately.

People v. Lopez

On April 10, 1979, appellant Lopez entered a plea of guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to a penitentiary term of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years.

On…