State v. Deylen Scott Loos ( 2015 )


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  •                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
    Docket No. 43117
    STATE OF IDAHO,                                )   2015 Unpublished Opinion No. 739
    )
    Plaintiff-Respondent,                   )   Filed: December 1, 2015
    )
    v.                                             )   Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
    )
    DEYLEN SCOTT LOOS,                             )   THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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.
    Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Elizabeth A. Allred, 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
    Deylen Scott Loos pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to
    deliver, 
    Idaho Code § 37-2732
    (a). The district court imposed a unified sentence of five years,
    with a minimum period of confinement of two years, suspended the sentence, and placed Loos
    on probation. Subsequently, Loos admitted to violating the terms of his probation, and the
    district court consequently revoked probation, ordered execution of the original sentence, and
    retained jurisdiction. Upon completion of retained jurisdiction, Loos’s sentence was suspended
    and he was again placed on probation. Following another report of probation violation, the
    district court revoked Loos’s probation and ordered a second period of retained jurisdiction.
    Loos completed the second period of retained jurisdiction and was returned to probation. Loos
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    again admitted to violating his probation. The district court revoked probation and ordered
    execution of the underlying sentence. Loos filed an Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, which the
    district court denied. Loos 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
    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 or additional information in support of
    Loos’s Rule 35 motion was presented, the district court did not abuse its discretion. For the
    foregoing reasons, the district court’s order denying Loos’s Rule 35 motion is affirmed.
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Document Info

Filed Date: 12/1/2015

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 12/1/2015