Opinion
No. 2 CA-CR 2018-0257
02-05-2019
THE STATE OF ARIZONA, Appellee, v. JUAN MANUEL ISLAS, Appellant.
COUNSEL Cirillo Law Firm P.C., Tucson By Elizabeth Cirillo Counsel for Appellant
THIS DECISION DOES NOT CREATE LEGAL PRECEDENT AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS AUTHORIZED BY APPLICABLE RULES.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
See Ariz. R. Sup. Ct. 111(c)(1); Ariz. R. Crim. P. 31.19(e).
Appeal from the Superior Court in Pima County
No. CR20161117005
The Honorable James E. Marner, Judge
AFFIRMED
COUNSEL
Cirillo Law Firm P.C., Tucson
By Elizabeth Cirillo
Counsel for Appellant
MEMORANDUM DECISION
Judge Espinosa authored the decision of the Court, in which Presiding Judge Eppich and Chief Judge Eckerstrom concurred.
ESPINOSA, Judge:
¶1 After a jury trial, Juan Islas was convicted of four counts each of transportation of a narcotic drug for sale and second-degree money laundering, and one count each of conspiracy and illegally conducting an enterprise. The trial court sentenced him to concurrent prison terms, the longest of which are 10.5 years. Counsel has filed a brief in compliance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Clark, 196 Ariz. 530 (App. 1999), stating she has reviewed the record but "found no grounds for appeal in this matter." Islas has not filed a supplemental brief.
¶2 Viewed in the light most favorable to sustaining the jury's verdicts, see State v. Tamplin, 195 Ariz. 246, ¶ 2 (App. 1999), the evidence is sufficient to support its verdicts here, see A.R.S. §§ 13-1003(A), 13-2312(B), 13-2317(B), 13-3408(A)(7). On four occasions between late 2015 and early 2016, Islas delivered heroin to locations where it was sold to an undercover law enforcement officer, after which he returned to a retail cell phone store where money from the fourth sale was found.
¶3 Sufficient evidence also supported the trial court's finding that Islas had numerous previous felony convictions. The sentences imposed are within the statutory range. See A.R.S. §§ 13-703(C), (J), 13-1003(D), 13-2312(D), 13-2317(E), 13-3408(B)(7).
¶4 We have searched the record for reversible error and found none. Islas's convictions and sentences are therefore affirmed.