Lopez v. State

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Robert Lopez appeals a district court order amending his sentence for robbery. This amendment occurred after Lopez filed a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that his sentence was illegal. The robbery sentence, imposed in 1984, was an indeterminate fifteen-year term. Lopez was also sentenced in a separate document to serve an additional “consecutive” indeterminate five-year term for the use of a firearm in the commission of the robbery. In his petition, Lopez contended that his “consecutive” sentence for the use of a firearm was not a sentence enhancement under…