Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. MINERD C. JENSEN, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1969-10-20
Citations: 153 Mont. 33
Docket Number: 
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. MINERD C. JENSEN, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 153
Pages: 33–33

Head Matter:
From: The District Court of the Seventeenth Judicial District. County of Valley.
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. MINERD C. JENSEN, Defendant.
DATED this 20th day of October, 1969.

Opinion:
DECISION
The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of ten years for First Degree burglary imposed on August 27, 1964, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:
The sentence be and remain as originally imposed.
Since the presumption is that the sentencing judge was correct in his assessment of the situation, we are unable to say that the sentence was not proper, reasonable, and sufficiently lenient, the crime, the individual, and the sentencing goals kept in mind. It may be that defendant has no prior felony conviction,, but it must be said that the law provides for a sentence of up to 15 years for this crime, that defendant is a parole violator with respect to his present sentence, and in November, 1969, defendant will be eligible for parole consideration.
SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION
Philip C. Duncan, chairman; Paul G. Hatfield, Jack D. Shanstrom.