(MSC News)--30 years in prison.

That’s the sentence handed down to a St. Joseph man convicted in the beating death of his wife last year.

The St. Joseph News Press reports 56-year-old Martin Davis was sentenced Thursday in a Buchanan County courtroom on a charge of first-degree domestic assault.

A jury found Davis guilty of the felony charge last month.

Prosecutors said Davis caused the death of his wife, Sandra, as a result of a beating on April 30th, 2015.