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- Title: State Idaho v. Gary Wickel
- Author : Court of Appeals of Idaho
- Release Date : January 06, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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PERRY, Judge Gary Wickel appeals from the denial of an I.C.R. 35 motion to reduce his twenty-seven year sentence, with a minimum
period of confinement of twenty-five years, following his plea of guilty to aggravated battery with an enhancement for the
use of a deadly weapon. I.C. §§ 18-903, 18-907 and 19-2520. We affirm the order of the district court
denying the motion for reduction of sentence. The facts of the crime committed by Wickel are derived from the record. On the evening of January 21, 1992, after several
hours of drinking with friends in a local bar, Wickel returned to the home of his ex-wife, Sandy Souza, and their fourteen-year
old son. Souza and the boy initially ignored Wickel's attempts to start an argument. Souza tried to use the phone, but Wickel
tore the telephone book from her hands and threw it down; he repeated this action when Souza reached for another phone book.
Wickel then left the room, stating that he was going to bed, but returned almost immediately. He approached Souza and moved
toward the couch with her. He grabbed the phone and, with a folding knife he had in his hand, cut the telephone cord. Wickel
then grabbed Souza by the hair, held her head over the back of the couch and stabbed her in the throat. He inserted the knife
under her chin, cutting her windpipe, and again cutting deep under her right ear, severed arteries in her neck. Souza remained
conscious and was able to push Wickel off her. Holding her neck, Souza ran to a neighbor's house where her son had fled to
call 911. There, they waited for help.