State v. Leyva

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

This is a sentence review case. Following plea negotiations, Monserratt Leyva pled guilty to kidnapping and to raping a fifteen-year-old girl. I.C. §§ 18-6101, -4501, -4503. Leyva received concurrent unified sentences of twenty years, each with a five-year minimum period of confinement. On appeal, Leyva contends that his sentences are excessive. We affirm.

The essential facts of this case, disclosed by the presentence investigation report, are as follows. Leyva and his wife are the godparents of the victim. They invited the victim to accompany them to a store near…