
    From: The District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District, County of Garfield,
    STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN CURTIS PATTERSON, Defendant.
    No. 212
    DATED this 6th day of January, 1984.
   DECISION

The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 5 years imposed on July 5, 1983, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that: the sentence shall be amended to 5 years with 3 years suspended and the Defendant shall be under the Supervision of the Department of Adult Probation and Parole for the suspended portion of this sentence.

The amendment is based on the grounds that this is the Defendant’s first adult felony offense, and his age at the time of the crime.

The Defendant came from a broken home and had a bad family environment which has caused him to lead a fragmented life. This Board finds that a long period of incarceration is not in the best interest for this individual.

HON. MARK B. SULLIVAN

DISSENTS: He would recommend 4 years with 3 years suspended as suggested by the Probation Officer.

We wish to thank Wendy Holton of the Montana Defender Project for her assistance to the Defendant and to this Court.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION

Joseph B. Gary, Mark B. Sullivan, John S. Henson  