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154 Mont. 4

State v. Gibson

Montana Supreme Court

Decided December 29, 1969

Montana Supreme Court · decided 1969-12-29

Decided 1969-12-29

¶1DECISION

¶2The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of five years for receiving stolen property, imposed on December 11, 1967, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:

¶3The sentence be and remain as originally imposed.

¶4The presumption being that the sentencing judge was correct in his determination, we are unable to say that the sentence was not proper, reasonable, and sufficiently lenient, the crime, the individual, and the sentencing goals kept in mind, particularly when it is considered that, although defendant received the maximum for this offense, he has a record of three prior felony convictions which might have been used against him with a resulting ten years imprisonment.

¶5While it may be that the defendant requires treatment for alcoholism, the court believes that this is not a matter it may properly consider at this time. Further, defendant will be eligible for parole consideration in March, 1970.

¶6We thank George Losleben, Esq., of the Montana Defender Project for his assistance to the defendant and to the Court.

¶7SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION

Philip C. Duncan, chairman; Paul G. Hatfield and Sid G. Stewart.
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