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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO Docket No. 34172 STATE OF IDAHO, ) ) Plaintiff-Respondent, ) Boise, January 2008 ) v. ) 2008 Opinion No. 15 ) WILLIAM ARTHUR, ) Filed: January 29, 2008 ) Defendant-Appellant. ) Stephen W. Kenyon, Clerk ) ) Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, State of Idaho, Kootenai County. Hon. John Thomas Mitchell, District Judge. District court decision denying motion to withdraw plea and granting Rule 35 motion, affirmed. Molly J. Huskey, State Appellate Public Defender, Boise, for appellant. Justin Michael Curtis, Deputy State Appellate Public Defender, argued. Hon. Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General, Boise, for respondent. Kenneth K. Jorgensen, Deputy Attorney General, argued. __________________________________ BURDICK, Justice William Arthur appealed the district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea and the district court's order granting his Rule 35, Idaho Criminal Rules, motion for reduction of sentence. The Idaho Court of Appeals affirmed both decisions, and this Court granted Arthur's petition for review. We affirm. I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND While living as a guest in his aunt and uncle's home, Arthur was arrested for stealing jewelry from them. The State charged Arthur with grand theft, I.C.

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