Court Opinion

ID: 4397778
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Date Created: 2019-05-16 21:03:28.056126+00
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IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO

                                    Docket Nos. 46405/46406

STATE OF IDAHO,                                 )
                                                )    Filed: May 16, 2019
       Plaintiff-Respondent,                    )
                                                )    Karel A. Lehrman, Clerk
v.                                              )
                                                )    THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED
CARL EDWARD IVINS,                              )    OPINION AND SHALL NOT
                                                )    BE CITED AS AUTHORITY
       Defendant-Appellant.                     )
                                                )

       Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho,
       Kootenai County. Hon. Scott Wayman, District Judge.

       Judgments of conviction and concurrent unified sentences of nine years with two
       years determinate for burglary, affirmed; orders denying Idaho Criminal Rule 35
       motions for reduction of sentences, affirmed.

       Eric D. Fredericksen, State Appellate Public Defender; Sally J. Cooley, Deputy
       Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.

       Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy
       Attorney General, Boise, for respondent.
                 ________________________________________________

                      Before GRATTON, Chief Judge; HUSKEY, Judge;
                                and BRAILSFORD, Judge
                   ________________________________________________

PER CURIAM
       In each of these cases, consolidated on appeal, Carl Edward Ivins pled guilty to burglary,
Idaho Code § 18-1401. In exchange for his guilty pleas, additional charges were dismissed. The
district court imposed a concurrent unified sentence of nine years with two years determinate in
each case, to run concurrently. Ivins filed Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motions for reduction of his
sentences, which the district court denied. Ivins 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 Ivins’ Rule 35 motions. A
motion for reduction of sentence under Rule 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 Ivins’ Rule 35 motions, we conclude no abuse of discretion
has been shown.
        Therefore, Ivins’ judgments of conviction and sentences, and the district court’s orders
denying Ivins’ Rule 35 motions, are affirmed.

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