People v. Martinez

LOHR, Justice.

The defendant, Juan Batista Martinez, seeks appellate review of the propriety of the sentences imposed upon him by the Huerfano County district court based upon his jury trial convictions for second-degree burglary, section 18-4-203(1), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8), and misdemeanor theft of property having a value less than fifty dollars, section 18-4-401(2)(a), C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.Vol. 8). He challenges as excessive the concurrent sentences of twenty-one years and seven months to twenty-five years for burglary and six months for theft. He also argues that he is entitled to…