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State of Iowa
v.
Ricardo Velez Jr.
Appellee
State of Iowa
Appellant
Ricardo Velez Jr.
Attorney for the Appellee
Louis S. Sloven, Assistant Attorney General
Attorney for the Appellant
Christopher A. Clausen
Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals Opinion
Opinion Number:
Date Published:
Summary
Appeal from the Iowa District Court for Marshall County, The Honorable Kathryn E. Austin, Judge. AFFIRMED. Considered without oral argument by Badding, P.J., Sandy, J., and Doyle, S.J. Opinion by Badding, P.J. (5 pages)
Ricardo Velez Jr. appeals his conviction and sentence for harassment in the second degree. On appeal, he combines a weight-of-the-evidence and sufficiency challenge to the State’s proof on whether he made a threat to commit bodily injury. He also challenges the district court’s decision to run his sentence consecutively to the sentence in another case. OPINION HOLDS: Velez’s challenge to the weight of the evidence was not preserved for appellate review. The evidence was sufficient to support his conviction for harassment in the second degree, and the district court provided adequate reasons for imposing consecutive sentences. Accordingly, we affirm Velez’s conviction and sentence.
