State v. Jeffrey Dane Murray

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 37482 STATE OF IDAHO, ) 2010 Unpublished Opinion No. 693 ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Filed: November 1, 2010 ) v. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) JEFFREY DANE MURRAY, ) THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED ) OPINION AND SHALL NOT Defendant-Appellant.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. Deborah A. Bail, District Judge. Order denying I.C.R. 35 motion for reduction of sentence, affirmed. Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender; Jordan E. Taylor, Deputy Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Jessica M. Lorello, Deputy Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. ______________________________________________ Before LANSING, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge; and MELANSON, Judge PER CURIAM Jeffrey Dane Murray pled guilty to felony domestic violence. I.C. §§ 18-903, 18-918(2). In exchange for his guilty plea, an additional charge was dismissed. The district court sentenced Murray to a unified term of ten years, with a minimum period of confinement of three years. Murray filed an I.C.R. 35 motion, which the district court denied. Murray appeals. 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). An appeal from the 1 denial of a Rule 35 motion cannot be used as a vehicle to review the underlying sentence absent the presentation of new information. Id. Because no new information in support of Murray’s Rule 35 motion was presented, review of the sentence by this Court is precluded. For the foregoing reasons, the district court’s order denying Murray’s Rule 35 motion is affirmed. 2