Opinion ID: 1841912
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Whether Price's sentence violated his Eighth Amendment rights.

Text: ¶ 33. Price contends that his sentence of twenty years on count 1, ten years on counts 2, and ten years on count 3, with each sentence running consecutively for a total sentence of forty years violates his Eighth Amendment rights. Miss.Code Ann. § 97-3-65(2)(c) establishes the sentencing range for a person eighteen years or older who is convicted of statutory rape. The statute provides a minimum penalty of twenty years' imprisonment and a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. Id. Price's sentence of twenty years on Count 1, ten years on Count 2, and ten years on Count 3 was well within the sentencing range established by statute. Sentencing that is within the limits prescribed by statute is within the complete discretion of the trial court and is not subject to appellate review. Nichols v. State, 826 So.2d 1288, 1290 (Miss.2002). Therefore, this assignment of error is without merit.