Case Name: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN RUSSELL HENNING, Defendant
Court: Montana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Montana
Decision Date: 1994-10-13
Citations: 269 Mont. 96
Docket Number: NO. DC 94-065(B)
Parties: STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN RUSSELL HENNING, Defendant.
Judges: Hon. G. Todd Baugh, Chairman, Hon. John Warner and Hon. Ted Lympus, Members.
Reporter: Montana Reports
Volume: 269
Pages: 96–96

Head Matter:
STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN RUSSELL HENNING, Defendant.
NO. DC 94-065(B)
DECISION
Done in open Court this 13th day of October, 1994.
SIGNED this 22nd day of November, 1994.

Opinion:
On July 5, 1994, the Defendant was sentenced to twenty (20) years at Montana State Prison with ten (10) years suspended for the offense of Burglary, a Felony. Credit is given for 56 days served in pre-sentence incarceration. The suspended portion is based upon conditions as listed in the July 5,1994 judgment.
On October 13, 1994, 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 proceeded Pro Se. The state was not represented.
Before hearing the application, the Defendant was advised that the Sentence Review Division has the authority not only to reduce the sentence or affirm it, but also to increase it if such is possible. The defendant was further advised that there is no appeal from a decision of the Sentence Review Division. The defendant acknowledged that he understood this and stated that he wished to proceed.
After careful consideration, it is the unanimous decision of the Sentence Review Division that the sentence will remain the same as originally imposed.
The reason for the decision is the sentence imposed by the District Court is presumed correct pursuant to Section 46-18-904(3), MCA. The Division finds that the reasons advanced for modification are insufficient to deem inadequate or excessive as required to overcome the presumption per Rule 17 of the Rules of the Sentence Review Division of the Montana Supreme Court.
Hon. G. Todd Baugh, Chairman, Hon. John Warner and Hon. Ted Lympus, Members.
The Sentence Review Board wishes to thank John Russell Henning for representing himself in this matter.