State v. Gutierrez-Medina

GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge.

Ernesto Gutierrez-Medina appeals from the district court’s judgment summarily dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

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FACTS AND PROCEDURE

In 1995, Gutierrez-Medina, a citizen of Mexico and legal permanent resident of the United States, was arrested for delivery of a controlled substance. In 1997, he entered an Alford 1 plea to possession of a controlled substance and was placed on probation for five years, with an underlying unified five-year sentence, with two and a half years determinate. Gutierrez-Medina did not…