Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. ERWIN FELLOWS, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1969-01-15
Citations: 152 Mont. 47
Docket Number: NO. 2688
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. ERWIN FELLOWS, Defendant.
Judges: SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 47–47

Head Matter:
From: The District Court of the Third Judicial District. County of Deer Lodge.
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. ERWIN FELLOWS, Defendant.
NO. 2688
DATED this 15th day of January, 1969.

Opinion:
DECISION
The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 10 years, imposed on August 7th, 1968, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:
(1) The sentence should be reduced to 3 years.
The reason for the above decision is that with no prior felony convictions said defendant was sentenced to serve the term of 10 years for grand larceny. True, the crime is punishable by not less than 1 nor more than 14 years imprisonment, but for a first offender 10 years appears severe in comparison to others in that category. Further, others involved in the same crime were treated much more leniently.
SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION
Philip C. Duncan, chairman; Paul G. Hatfield, Jack D. Shanstrom.