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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                       Docket No. 43951

STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )   2016 Unpublished Opinion No. 770
                                                )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )   Filed: November 7, 2016
                                                )
v.                                              )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                                )
CAMERON EVERETT POST,                           )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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. Greenwood, District Judge.

       Judgment of conviction and unified consecutive sentences of ten years, with a minimum
       period of confinement of three, for involuntary manslaughter and a unified five year
       sentence, with a minimum period of confinement of two years, for use of a deadly
       weapon in the commission of a crime, affirmed.

       Eric D. Fredericksen, Interim State Appellate Public Defender; Ben P. McGreevy,
       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
                  ________________________________________________

PER CURIAM
       Cameron Everett Post pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, Idaho Code § 18-
4006(2), and use of a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime, I.C. § 19-2520. The district
court imposed a unified ten-year sentence, with two years determinate, and a consecutive unified
five-year sentence, with two years determinate, respectively. Post filed an Idaho Criminal Rule
35 motion, which the district court denied. Post 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.

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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 Post’s I.C.R. 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 an I.C.R. 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). In conducting our review of the grant
or denial of an I.C.R. 35 motion, we consider the entire record and apply the same criteria used
for determining the reasonableness of the original sentence. State v. Forde, 113 Idaho 21, 22,
740 P.2d 63, 64 (Ct. App. 1987); Lopez, 106 Idaho at 449-51, 680 P.2d at 871-73. Upon review
of the record, we conclude no abuse of discretion has been shown.
        Although Post argues he provided sufficient additional information justifying a reduction
of his sentence, all the information was considered, and rejected, by the district court as a basis to
reduce Post’s sentence.     The court noted that most of the information provided in the I.C.R. 35
motion was a restatement of information presented at sentencing. The court recognized that
while the amount of restitution was not fixed at the time of sentencing, the court anticipated
restitution would be high and thus, did not impose a fine. The district court noted that while
financial hardship is frequently visited upon an incarcerated defendant’s family it was not, in this
case, and appropriate basis justifying a reduction of the sentence.            The other additional
information was Post’s placement in the prison system which the court also found did not
warrant a reduction in the sentence. Given all the information considered by the district court,
the court did not err in declining to reduce Post’s sentence.
        Therefore, Post’s judgment of conviction and sentence, and the district court’s order
denying Post’s I.C.R. 35 motion, are affirmed.

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