Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JERRY ARNOLD ERETH, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1969-04-07
Citations: 153 Mont. 8
Docket Number: NO. 2811
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JERRY ARNOLD ERETH, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 8–8

Head Matter:
From: The District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District. County of Flathead.
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JERRY ARNOLD ERETH, Defendant.
NO. 2811
DATED this 7th day of April, 1969.

Opinion:
DECISION
The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of four years, imposed on October 1968,- was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:
(1) The sentence be and remain as originally imposed by the sentencing court.
The reason for the above decision is that the- sentence appears proper and sufficiently lenient in that defendant was convicted of first degree burglary punishable by not less .than 1 nor more than 15 years imprisonment, yet received a sentence of but 4 years with 24 days jail time credit after 2 violations of what originally was a 3 years deferred imposition of sentence, and will_ be eligible for parole consideration in July, 1969, after being received' October 15, 1968.
SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION
Philip C. Duncan, chairman; Paul G. Hatfield, Jack D. Shanstrom.