State v. Hammer

Montana Supreme Court

State v. Hammer

152 Mont. 42

CourtMontana Supreme Court

DecidedJanuary 15, 1969

DocketNO. C/1223

StatusPublished

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State v. Hammer, 152 Mont. 42 (Mo. 1969).

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DECISION

The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 2 years, imposed on March 22nd, 1968, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:

(1) The sentence be and remain as originally imposed by the sentencing court.

The reason for the above decision is that the sentence appears ■sufficiently lenient in that defendant was convicted of uttering a fraudulent check punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment •or by a fine of not more than $5000, or both, and first received a ■3-year deferred imposition of sentence which was later revoked for ■added fraudulent check writing, yet was given but a 2-year sentence with jail time credit of 52 days, and will be eligible for parole consideration in January, 1969 after being received September 27, 1968.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION Philip C. Duncan, chairman; Paul G. Hatfield, Jack D. Shanstrom.

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DECISION

The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 2 years, imposed on March 22nd, 1968, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that:

(1) The sentence be and remain as originally imposed by the sentencing court.

The reason for the above decision is that the sentence appears ■sufficiently lenient in that defendant was convicted of uttering a fraudulent check punishable by not more than 5 years imprisonment •or by a fine of not more than $5000, or both, and first received a ■3-year deferred imposition of sentence which was later revoked for ■added fraudulent check writing, yet was given but a 2-year sentence with jail time credit of 52 days, and will be eligible for parole consideration in January, 1969 after being received September 27, 1968.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION Philip C. Duncan, chairman; Paul G. Hatfield, Jack D. Shanstrom.

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152 Mont. 42, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/state-v-hammer-mont-1969.