State v. Taylor

EISMANN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State from the district court’s judgment, issued after the expiration of the 180-day retained jurisdiction, suspending the Defendant’s sentence and placing him on probation. Because the district court had no jurisdiction to suspend the sentence once the 180-day period of retained jurisdiction had expired, we reverse the judgment.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The defendant-respondent Kim Taylor wus tried and convicted of sexual battery of a minor child, and on October 1, 2003, he was sentenced to thirteen years in the custody of the Idaho Board of…