Scotty Boothe, of Mullens, will spend at least 35 years in prison.

He was convicted in October of sexual assault in the first-degree and two counts of sexual abuse in the first-degree for crimes committed against a 5-year-old boy.

Booth was sentenced to 25 to 100 years on the count of first-degree sexual assault and 5 to 25 years on each of the two counts of sexual abuse.

Those sentences are to be served consecutively.