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Orellana v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Jul 20, 2018
No. 74595 (Nev. App. Jul. 20, 2018)

Opinion

No. 74595

07-20-2018

MANUEL D. ORELLANA, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.


ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Manuel D. Orellana appeals from an order of the district court denying a motion to modify sentence filed on June 23, 2017. Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County; Michael Villani, Judge.

This appeal has been submitted for decision without oral argument. NRAP 34(f)(3). --------

In his motion, Orellana claimed the district court should modify his sentence because the district court relied on mistaken assumptions regarding his criminal history that worked to his extreme detriment. Specifically, he claimed he was later acquitted of two of the four lewdness with a child under the age of 14 counts because they were redundant, and if the district court had known that at sentencing, he may have received concurrent time between the remaining counts.

Orellana failed to demonstrate the district court relied on mistaken assumptions regarding his criminal record that worked to his extreme detriment. See Edwards v. State, 112 Nev. 704, 708, 918 P.2d 321, 324 (1996). At sentencing, the district court was aware of the facts of the crimes and chose to run the two counts that were separate incidences consecutive to each other while running the two counts that were ultimately found to be redundant concurrent to the other counts. Therefore, it appears the district court structured Orellana's sentence to punish the separate incidences and not separately punish the conduct that was found to be redundant. Therefore, Orellana failed to demonstrate any mistake regarding his criminal history worked to his extreme detriment because his sentence continues to reflect this structure. Accordingly, we conclude the district court did not err by denying Orellana's motion, and we

ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.

/s/_________, C.J.

Silver

/s/_________, J.

Tao

/s/_________, J.

Gibbons cc: Hon. Michael Villani, District Judge

Manuel D. Orellana

Attorney General/Carson City

Clark County District Attorney

Eighth District Court Clerk


Summaries of

Orellana v. State

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA
Jul 20, 2018
No. 74595 (Nev. App. Jul. 20, 2018)
Case details for

Orellana v. State

Case Details

Full title:MANUEL D. ORELLANA, Appellant, v. THE STATE OF NEVADA, Respondent.

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF NEVADA

Date published: Jul 20, 2018

Citations

No. 74595 (Nev. App. Jul. 20, 2018)