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State v. Friel

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sep 25, 2018
Docket No. 45612 (Idaho Ct. App. Sep. 25, 2018)

Opinion

Docket No. 45612

09-25-2018

STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MICHAEL PAUL FRIEL, Defendant-Appellant.

Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Andrea W. Reynolds, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.


Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk

THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY

Appeal from the District Court of the Fifth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Twin Falls County. Hon. Eric J. Wildman, District Judge. Judgment of conviction and sentence and denial of Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, affirmed. Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Andrea W. Reynolds, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; HUSKEY, Judge; and LORELLO, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Michael Paul Friel was found guilty of grand theft. Idaho Code § 18-2407(1)(b)(1). The district court sentenced Friel to a unified fourteen-year sentence, with six years determinate. Friel filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, which the district court denied. Friel appeals.

Sentencing is a matter for the trial court's discretion. Both our standard of review and the factors to be considered in evaluating the reasonableness of the sentence are well established. See State v. Hernandez, 121 Idaho 114, 117-18, 822 P.2d 1011, 1014-15 (Ct. App. 1991); State v. Lopez, 106 Idaho 447, 449-51, 680 P.2d 869, 871-73 (Ct. App. 1984); State v. Toohill, 103 Idaho 565, 568, 650 P.2d 707, 710 (Ct. App. 1982). When reviewing the length of a sentence, we consider the defendant's entire sentence. State v. Oliver, 144 Idaho 722, 726, 170 P.3d 387, 391 (2007). Applying these standards, and having reviewed the record in this case, we cannot say that the district court abused its discretion.

Next, we review whether the district court erred in denying Friel's Rule 35 motion. A motion for reduction of sentence under I.C.R. 35 is essentially a plea for leniency, addressed to the sound discretion of the court. State v. Knighton, 143 Idaho 318, 319, 144 P.3d 23, 24 (2006); State v. Allbee, 115 Idaho 845, 846, 771 P.2d 66, 67 (Ct. App. 1989). In presenting a Rule 35 motion, the defendant must show that the sentence is excessive in light of new or additional information subsequently provided to the district court in support of the motion. State v. Huffman, 144 Idaho 201, 203, 159 P.3d 838, 840 (2007). Upon review of the record, including any new information submitted with Friel's Rule 35 motion, we conclude no abuse of discretion has been shown.

Therefore, Friel's judgment of conviction and sentence, and the district court's order denying Friel's Rule 35 motion, are affirmed.


Summaries of

State v. Friel

COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sep 25, 2018
Docket No. 45612 (Idaho Ct. App. Sep. 25, 2018)
Case details for

State v. Friel

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MICHAEL PAUL FRIEL…

Court:COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

Date published: Sep 25, 2018

Citations

Docket No. 45612 (Idaho Ct. App. Sep. 25, 2018)