Boise, ID asked in Criminal Law and Appeals / Appellate Law for Idaho

Q: I need to help my 22 yr old son file a rule 35 by October 23rd and cannot find the forms or which ones to use and how

In idaho we just want sentence modification

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT FOR THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ________

STATE OF IDAHO, ) Case No. ________________

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Plaintiff, )

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vs. ) Rule 35 Motion for Relief

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YOUR SON'S NAME. )

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COMES NOW (SON'S NAME), In propria Persona, and pursuant to Idaho Criminal Rule 35, hereby petitions this Honorable Court, to (reduce)(commute)(dismiss) the criminal conviction occurring on the ___ day of _________ 2018, as follows:

1. List reasons why the conviction was (a) too harsh; (b) lawyer didn't do his/her job right; (c) why he deserves his sentence to be overturned, commuted, changed, etc. Must give specific reasons that COULD NOT have been raised at the trial. If your son plead guilty before a trial then you are limited to citing specific reasons why the judgment was too harsh or why his counsel was deficient.

DATED this ___ day of October, 2018.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on the ___ day of October 2018, that I served a true and correct copy of the foregoing Rule 35 Motion for Relief, upon the Ada County Prosecutor, by mailing it, postage prepaid, to the following address:

Ada County Prosecutor

200 West Front St.

Boise, ID 83702

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