Montana Supreme Court, 1983

State v. Smith

State v. Smith
Montana Supreme Court · Decided January 18, 1983 · Gary, Langen, Review, Sullivan
202 Mont. 17

State v. Smith

Dissenting Opinion

JUDGE LANGEN

DISSENTS: The sale of Dangerous Drugs is a serious crime. I would recommend 8 years with 4 years suspended.

We wish to thank Karan Dunnigan, of the Montana Defender Project, for her assistance to the Defendant and to this Court.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION Leonard Langen, Chairman; Joseph Gary, Mark Sullivan

Opinion of the Court

DECISION

The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 15 years with 10 years suspended plus conditions imposed on June 29,1982, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:

The sentence shall be amended to 4 years.

This is the first felony offense and the new sentence given will bring it more in line with other sentences of a similar nature.

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