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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                      Docket No. 39222

STATE OF IDAHO,                                )   2015 Unpublished Opinion No. 475
                                               )
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                   )   Filed: April 27, 2015
                                               )
v.                                             )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
                                               )
MARK D. HUBER,                                 )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
                                               )   OPINION AND SHALL NOT
       Defendant-Appellant.                    )   BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
                                               )

       Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho,
       Shoshone County. Hon. Fred M. Gibler, District Judge.

       Judgment of conviction and concurrent unified sentences of thirty years, with
       minimum periods of confinement of fifteen years, for rape and lewd conduct with
       a minor under sixteen enhanced for having previously been convicted of a sex
       offense against a child, affirmed; order denying I.C.R. 35 motion for reduction of
       sentences, affirmed.

       Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Spencer J. Hahn, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
       General, Boise, for respondent.
                 ________________________________________________

                   Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;
                                 and GRATTON, Judge
                  ________________________________________________

PER CURIAM
       Mark D. Huber was found guilty of rape, I.C. § 18-6101(1) or (4), and lewd conduct with
a minor under sixteen, I.C. § 18-1508. Huber admitted to the facts supporting sentencing
enhancements for having previously been convicted of a sex offense against a child, I.C. § 19-
2520G. The district court sentenced Huber to concurrent unified terms of thirty years, with
minimum periods of confinement of ten years. The state filed an I.C.R 35 motion for correction

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of illegal sentences and asserted that the district court was required to impose mandatory
minimum terms of fifteen years for the sentencing enhancements. Huber filed an I.C.R. 35
motion for reduction of his sentences. The district court granted the state’s motion and modified
Huber’s sentences to concurrent terms of thirty years, with minimum periods of confinement of
fifteen years. The district court then denied Huber’s Rule 35 motion for reduction of his
sentences. Huber 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 Huber’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). In conducting our review of the grant
or denial of a Rule 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.
        Therefore, Huber’s judgment of conviction and sentences, and the district court’s order
denying Huber’s Rule 35 motion, are affirmed.

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