Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

202 Mont. 6

State v. Gates

Montana Supreme Court

Decided January 18, 1983

Montana Supreme Court · decided 1983-01-18

Decided 1983-01-18

¶1DECISION

¶2The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 20 years; Dangerous imposed on April 10, 1981, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter is is decided that:

¶3The sentence be amended to 10 years with 5 years suspended.

¶4The Defendant shall remain designated Dangerous.

¶5The imposition of a 20-year sentence is excessive considering the nature of the crime the Defendant was charged with.

¶6We wish to thank Ken Grenfell, of the Montana Defender Project, for his assistance to the Defendant and to this Court.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISIONLeonard Langen, Chairman; Joseph Gary, Mark Sullivan
/202/mont/6 · .json · Public domain