State v. Brittingham

Montana Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1983

Montana Supreme Court · decided 1983-01-18

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Decided 1983-01-18

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¶1DECISION

¶2The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 20 years imposed on June 25, 1982, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:

¶3The sentence shall be amended to 20 years with 10 years suspended.

¶4The amendment of the sentence shall bring it more in line with other crimes of a similar nature.

¶5We wish to thank Sally Christensen, of the Montana Defender Project, for her assistance to the Defendant and to this Court.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISIONLeonard Langen, Chairman; Joseph Gary, Mark Sullivan