*1 Before MELANSON, Chief Judge; GUTIERREZ, Judge;

and HUSKEY, Judge

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PER CURIAM

Ismiel Emannual Meeds pled guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm. I.C. § 18-3316. The district court sentenced Meeds to a unified term of five years, with a minimum period of confinement of two years, to run consecutive to an unrelated sentence. Meeds filed an I.C.R 35 motion, which the district court denied. Meeds 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

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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 Meeds’s Rule 35 motion, we conclude no abuse of discretion has been shown. Therefore, the district court’s order denying Meeds’s Rule 35 motion is affirmed.

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