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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                       Docket No. 43753

STATE OF IDAHO,                                )   2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 538
                                               )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                   )   Filed: May 18, 2016
                                               )
v.                                             )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                               )
TRISTAN DOUGLAS NUBY,                          )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
                                               )   OPINION AND SHALL NOT
       Defendant-Appellant.                    )   BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
                                               )

       Appeal from the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District, State of Idaho, Ada
       County. Hon. Richard D. Greeenwood, District Judge.

       Order denying I.C.R. 35 motion for reduction of sentence, affirmed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Jenny C. Swinford, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jessica M. Lorello, Deputy
       Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
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                      Before GUTIERREZ, Judge; GRATTON, Judge;
                                 and HUSKEY, Judge
                  ________________________________________________

PER CURIAM
       Tristan Douglas Nuby pled guilty to domestic violence, aggravated battery, and felony
violation of a no contract order. Idaho Code §§ 18-903(a), 18-918(2), 18-907(a), and 18-920.
The district court sentenced Nuby to a unified term of ten years with three years determinate for
domestic violence; a concurrent five-year indeterminate sentence for aggravated battery; and a
consecutive five-year indeterminate sentence for felony violation of a no contact order.
Following a period of retained jurisdiction, the district court suspended Nuby’s sentences and
placed him on supervised probation for fifteen years. Nuby violated his probation, the district
court revoked his probation, ordered the underlying sentences executed, and retained jurisdiction
a second time. Following the second period of retained jurisdiction, the district court again

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suspended Nuby’s sentences and again placed him on supervised probation. Subsequently, Nuby
admitted to violating his probation a second time and the district court revoked his probation and
executed the underlying sentences. At the disposition hearing, Nuby’s counsel requested the
district court to reduce the indeterminate portion of Nuby’s sentences. The district court denied
Nuby’s Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion. Nuby appeals asserting that the district court abused its
discretion 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. 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 Nuby’s Rule 35 motion, we conclude no
abuse of discretion has been shown.      Therefore, the district court’s order denying Nuby’s
Rule 35 motion is affirmed.

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