COTTO v. STATE

No. 74S05-0506-CR-288.

829 N.E.2d 520 (2005)

Sixto COTTO, Appellant (Defendant below), v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee (Plaintiff below).

Supreme Court of Indiana.

June 23, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sixto Cotto, Pendleton, for Appellant Pro Se.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Ellen H. Meilaender, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, for Appellee.


RUCKER, Justice.

Defendant Sixto Cotto challenges the fifty-year sentence he received after being convicted for possession of methamphetamine as a Class A felony. Finding the mitigating circumstances in balance with the aggravating circumstances, we revise Cotto's sentence to thirty years.

Facts and Procedural History

Armed with an arrest warrant for Cotto and a female companion, Indiana State Police officers went to Cotto's home on January 24, 2003...

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