State v. Shumway

LANSING, Judge.

George Shumway was charged with three counts of lewd conduct with a minor under sixteen. Pursuant to a plea agreement, he pled guilty to one count of lewd conduct and the other charges were dismissed. The district court imposed a unified thirty-year sentence with a twelve-year determinate term. Shumway filed a motion under Idaho Criminal Rule 35 for reduction of the sentence, which the district court denied. He now appeals the order denying his Rule 35 motion.

We begin with the State’s assertion that this Court lacks appellate jurisdiction to even address Shumway’s appeal. In…