Opinion
Docket No. 42542 2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 415
03-04-2016
STATE OF IDAHO, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. PATRICK M. TWEEDIE, Defendant-Appellant.
Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, 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THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED OPINION AND SHALL NOT BE CITED AS AUTHORITY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 Seventh Judicial District, State of Idaho, Teton County. Hon. Gregory W. Moeller, District Judge. Order granting, in part, Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion for reduction of sentence, affirmed. Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; GRATTON, Judge; and HUSKEY, Judge
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PER CURIAM
Patrick M. Tweedie pled guilty to rape, Idaho Code § 18-6101(2). The district court imposed a unified sentence of sixteen years, with four years determinate. Tweedie filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion for reduction of sentence, which the district court granted in part, reducing Tweedie's sentence to a unified fourteen years, with three years determinate. Tweedie appeals, contending the district court abused its discretion by declining to further reduce his sentence.
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 Tweedie's Rule 35 motion, we conclude no abuse of discretion has been shown. Therefore, the district court's order granting, in part, Tweedie's Rule 35 motion is affirmed.