
    From: The District Court of the Seventh Judicial District, County of Richland,
    STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff vs. DALE RANDALL BLANKENSHIP, Defendant.
    
      No. 1297
    DATED this 6th day of January, 1984.
   DECISION

The application of the above-named defendant for a review of the sentence of 40 years; DANGEROUS imposed on November 14, 1979, was fully heard and after a careful consideration of the entire matter it is decided that: the sentence be amended to 40 years, NON-DANGEROUS.

Reasons for the amendment are:

(1) No previous criminal record;

(2) The statute was not complied with;

(3) Insufficient reasons stated by sentencing judge; and

(4) The Defendant received the maximum sentence.

HON. JOHN HENSON

DISSENTS: He felt the sentence imposed was justified. We wish to thank Brad Newman of the Montana Defender Project for his assistance to the Defendant and to this Court.

SENTENCE REVIEW DIVISION

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