Case ID: mont_202/html/0017-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "JUDGE LANGEN", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

From: The District Court of the Nineteenth Judicial District, County of Lincoln.
    STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. ROSS LEE SMITH, Defendant.
    No. DC-81-102
    DATED this 18th day of January, 1983.
   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.

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