Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JAMES RYAN, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 2009-12-17
Citations: 354 Mont. 91
Docket Number: CAUSE NO. DC-07-450
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JAMES RYAN, Defendant,
Judges: Hon. Laurie McKinnon, District Court Judge
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 354
Pages: 91–92

Head Matter:
From: The District Court of the 4th Judicial District. County of Missoula.
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JAMES RYAN, Defendant,
CAUSE NO. DC-07-450 AMENDED JUDGMENT AND COMMITMENT

Opinion:
On February 24, 2009, the defendant was sentenced to twenty (20) years in the Montana State Prison, with ten (10) years suspended, for violation of the conditions of a deferred sentence for the offense of Count I: Criminal Possession of Dangerous Drugs With Intent to Distribute, a felony.
On November 12, 2009, the defendant's application for review of that sentence was heard by the Sentence Review Division of the Montana Supreme Court.
The defendant was present and was represented by Eric Olson. The state was not represented.
The Defendant having been duly informed of the amended judgment and commitment, and having waived his right to appear before the undersigned for this pronouncement of sentence, whereupon,
IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that the sentence shall be modified to a commitment to the Montana Department of Corrections for a term of twenty (20) years, with fifteen (15) years suspended. The terms and conditions shall remain as imposed in the Judgment of February 24, 2009.
DATED this 17th day of December, 2009.
Hon. Laurie McKinnon, District Court Judge