MICHAEL THOMAS WOODS v. THE STATE OF NEVADA (2023)

ORDER OF AFFIRMANCE

Michael Thomas Woods appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered pursuant to a guilty plea, of second-degree murder. Second Judicial District Court, Washoe County; Barry L. Breslow, Judge.

Woods argues that the district court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence of 10 years to life in prison. The district court has wide discretion in its sentencing decision. See Houk v. State, 103 Nev. 659, 664, 747 P.2d 1376, 1379 (1987). Generally, this court will not interfere with a sentence imposed by the district court that falls within the parameters of relevant sentencing statutes “[s]o long as the record does not demonstrate prejudice resulting from consideration of information or accusations founded on facts supported only by impalpable or highly suspect evidence.” Silks v. State, 92 Nev. 91, 94, 545 P.2d 1159, 1161 (1976); see Cameron v. State, 114 Nev. 1281, 1283, 968 P.2d 1169, 1171 (1998).

The sentence imposed is within the parameters provided by the relevant statute, see NRS 200.030(5), and Woods does not allege that the district court relied on impalpable or highly suspect evidence. Having considered the sentence and the crime, we conclude the district court did not abuse its discretion in sentencing Woods. Accordingly, we

ORDER the judgment of conviction AFFIRMED.

Gibbons, C.J.

Bulla, J.

Westbrook, J.