Appeal
from the District Court of Natrona County The Honorable W.
Thomas Sullins, Judge
Representing Appellant: William Kenneth Hall, Pro se
Representing Appellee: Peter K. Michael, Wyoming Attorney
General; Christyne M. Martens, Deputy Attorney General;
Caitlin F. Harper, Senior Assistant Attorney General;
Margaret A. R. Schwartz, Assistant Attorney General
Before
DAVIS, C.J., and BURKE [*] , FOX, KAUTZ, and BOOMGAARDEN, JJ.
DAVIS,
CHIEF JUSTICE.
[¶1]
William Kenneth Hall was charged with fourteen felonies
involving child sexual abuse and pled guilty to five of them.
The district court accepted Mr. Hall's plea and the
agreed-upon sentencing recommendation, and it sentenced him
to an aggregate term of forty-five to fifty years in prison.
Mr. Hall now appeals the court's denial of his W.R.Cr.P.
35(b) motion for sentence reduction. We affirm.
ISSUE
[¶2]
Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying Mr.
Hall's motion for sentence reduction?
FACTS
[¶3]
In 2015, the State charged Mr. Hall with fourteen felonies,
all relating to his sexual abuse of four children: four
counts of second degree sexual abuse of a minor; one count of
possession of child pornography; one count of causing,
inducing, enticing, coercing, or permitting a child to engage
in child pornography; four counts of felony taking immodest,
immoral or indecent liberties with a child; and four counts
of third degree sexual assault of a minor. Pursuant to a plea
agreement, Mr. Hall pled guilty to five counts: two counts of
sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree; one count of
immodest, immoral or indecent liberties with a minor; and two
counts of third degree sexual assault.
[¶4]
The district court accepted Mr. Hall's plea and the
sentence to which the parties agreed. On June 13, 2016, the
court entered its judgment and sentenced Mr. Hall to eighteen
to twenty years on each count of second degree sexual abuse
of a minor and nine to ten years on the indecent liberties
count, all to be served consecutively. On the two remaining
counts of third degree sexual assault, the court sentenced
Mr. Hall to a term of nine to ten years on one of the counts,
to be served concurrent to the other sentences, and five to
ten years on the other count, to be served consecutive to the
other sentences but suspended in favor of ten years of
supervised probation.
[¶5]
On June 28, 2016, Mr. Hall filed a notice of appeal to this
Court. On November 30, 2016, we summarily affirmed Mr.
Hall's conviction after his counsel filed an
Anders brief, and Mr. Hall failed to timely file a
brief in support of his appeal. Hall v. State, 2016
WY 115, 384 P.3d 282 (Wyo. 2016).
[¶6]
On October 26, 2017, Mr. Hall filed a pro se motion
for sentence reduction. He asked that his aggregate sentence
be reduced by either making his consecutive sentences
concurrent or by cutting the length of the consecutive
sentences in half. In support of his motion he cited his good
behavior in prison and attached a letter from his mother and
a certificate of completion of a victim impact course.
[¶7]
On October 30, 2017, the district court issued an order
denying the motion for sentence reduction. The court
indicated that it had reviewed Mr. Hall's motion and
attachments, and the record, and ruled that "no
sufficient showing has been made pursuant to Rule 35 of the
Wyoming Rules of Criminal Procedure to justify or require a
modification or reduction of the Defendant's ...