Opinion
Docket No. 40110 2013 Unpublished Opinion No. 630
08-20-2013
STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. MICHAEL EDWARD MATHEWSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Nevin, Benjamin, McKay & Bartlett LLP; Deborah Whipple, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
OPINION AND SHALL NOT
BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
Appeal from the District Court of the Third Judicial District, State of Idaho, Canyon County. Hon. Susan E. Wiebe, District Judge.
Order denying I.C.R. 35 motion for reduction of sentence, affirmed.
Nevin, Benjamin, McKay & Bartlett LLP; Deborah Whipple, Boise, for appellant.
Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
Before GUTIERREZ, Chief Judge; LANSING, Judge;
and GRATTON, Judge
PER CURIAM
Michael Edward Mathewson pled guilty to possession of methamphetamine. Idaho Code § 37-2732(c)(1). The district court sentenced Mathewson to a unified term of seven years with three years determinate, and retained jurisdiction. Following the period of retained jurisdiction, the district court suspended Mathewson's sentence and placed him on supervised probation for three years. Mathewson later admitted to violating his probation and the district court revoked his probation, ordered the underlying sentence executed, and retained jurisdiction for a second time. Following the second period of retained jurisdiction, the district court relinquished jurisdiction. Mathewson filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, which the district court denied. Mathewson appeals asserting that the district court erred by denying his 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. Gill, 150 Idaho 183, 186, 244 P.3d 1269, 1272 (Ct. App. 2010). 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 Mathewson's Rule 35 motion, we conclude no abuse of discretion has been shown. Therefore, the district court's order denying Mathewson's Rule 35 motion is affirmed.