Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. LEWIS EUGENE CLANCY, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1970-04-14
Citations: 155 Mont. 9
Docket Number: NO. 5919A
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. LEWIS EUGENE CLANCY, Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 155
Pages: 9–9

Head Matter:
From: The District Court of the Eighth Judicial District. County of Cascade.
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. LEWIS EUGENE CLANCY, Defendant.
NO. 5919A
DATED this 14th day of April, 1970.

Opinion:
DECISION
The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of Four years for Receiving Stolen Property with 6 days jail time credit, imposed on February 2, 1970, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:
The sentence be and remain as originality imposed.
The crime concerned may be punished by five years imprisonment, and if defendant's prior felony convictions had been used against him, the sentence might have been for ten years. The prior felony convictions are at least the three and include two for burglary. In addition there is a criminal record of lesser offenses. Further, the original charge here was burglary. This was reduced to grand larceny and then to receiving stolen property. Also, defendant will be eligible for parole consideration in October, 1970, after being received February 3, 1970. Taking into account these matters and the presumption that the sentencing judge was correct in his determination, it appears that the sentence was proper, reasonable, and lenient in all respects.
This is a companion case to that of co-defendant Delness Sorensen this day decided with the same result.
SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION
Philip C. Duncan, Chairman; Paul G. Hatfield, Jack D. Shanstrom.