STATE v. ORTIZ

No. 20230126.

997 N.W.2d 107 (2023)

2023 ND 201

STATE of North Dakota, Plaintiff and Appellee, v. George Anthony ORTIZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Filed October 26, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ryan J. Younggren , Katie M. Nechiporenko and Nicholas S. Samuelson . Assistant State's Attorneys, Fargo, ND, for plaintiff and appellee; submitted on brief.

Laura C. Ringsak , Bismarck, ND, for defendant and appellant; submitted on brief.


[¶1] George Ortiz appeals a district court's judgment sentencing him to 55 years of incarceration. Ortiz pleaded guilty to murder with a deadly weapon, a class AA felony. Ortiz argues the court abused its discretion by improperly weighing the statutory sentencing factors, and factors two, three and ten weighed in his favor. We affirm....

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