01-1298-CR, 01-0279-CR State v. Crider

By: dmc-admin//February 18, 2002//

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Thomas Crider appeals a judgment sentencing him to eighteen years in prison for sexually assaulting his twelve-year-old step-granddaughter. He also appeals an order denying his motion to reduce the sentence. He argues that his trial attorney was ineffective because he was unprepared for the sentencing hearing, having discovered only five minutes before the hearing that Crider had informed the presentence reporter that he had also sexually abused his step-daughter twenty years earlier. Crider also argues that the trial court overlooked his successful pretrial treatment and that the eighteen-year sentence was unduly harsh.

We reject those arguments and affirm the judgment and order.

This opinion will not be published.

Dist III, St. Croix County, Needham, J., Per Curiam

Attorneys:

For Appellant: Carol Law, Hudson

For Respondent: Eric G. Johnson, Hudson; Lara M. Herman, Madison

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