State v. Glenn Allen Lange ( 2015 )


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  •                IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
    Docket No. 42300
    STATE OF IDAHO,                                  )     2015 Unpublished Opinion No. 465
    )
    Plaintiff-Respondent,                     )     Filed: April 15, 2015
    )
    v.                                               )     Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk
    )
    GLENN ALLEN LANGE,                               )     THIS IS AN UNPUBLISHED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,
    Kootenai County. Hon. Lansing L. Haynes, District Judge.
    Judgment of conviction and unified sentence of six years, with a minimum period
    of confinement of two years, for felony operating a motor vehicle while under the
    influence of alcohol, affirmed; order denying I.C.R. 35 motion for reduction of
    sentence, affirmed.
    Sara B. Thomas, State Appellate Public Defender; Maya P. Waldron, Deputy
    Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant.
    Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General; Lori A. Fleming, Deputy Attorney
    General, Boise, for respondent.
    ________________________________________________
    Before LANSING, Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;
    and GRATTON, Judge
    PER CURIAM
    Glenn Allen Lange pled guilty to felony operating a motor vehicle while under the
    influence of alcohol. 
    Idaho Code §§ 18-8004
    , 18-8005(5). The district court sentenced Lange to
    a unified term of six years, with a minimum period of confinement of two years. Lange filed an
    Idaho Criminal Rule 35 motion, which the district court denied. Lange appeals asserting that the
    district court abused its discretion by imposing an excessive sentence and by denying his Rule 35
    motion.
    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.
    1
    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 Lange’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, Lange’s judgment of conviction and sentence, and the district court’s order
    denying Lange’s Rule 35 motion, are affirmed.
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Document Info

Filed Date: 4/15/2015

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/18/2021