STATE OF MONTANA, Plaintiff, vs. KEVIN R. KEILEY, Defendant, 313 Mont. 25

On May 8, 2001, the defendant was sentenced to a ten (10) year commitment to the Department of Corrections, with five (5) years suspended, for violations of the conditions of a suspended sentence for the offense of Theft, a felony. On May 2, 2002, the defendant's application for review of that sentence was heard by the Sentence Review Division of the Montana Supreme Court. The defendant was not present, but was represented by Bruce Gobeo. The state was not represented.

Rule 17 of the Rules of the Sentence Review Division of the Supreme Court of Montana provides that "the sentence imposed by the District Court is presumed correct, and the sentence will not be reduced or increased unless it is deemed clearly inadequate or excessive." (§46-18-904(3), MCA). The Division finds that the reasons advanced for modification are insufficient to hold that the sentence imposed by the District Court is inadequate or excessive. Therefore, it is the unanimous decision of the Sentence Review Division that the sentence shall be affirmed. Done in open Court this 2nd day of May, 2002.

DATED this 22nd day of May, 2002. Chairman, Hon. David Cybulski; Member, Hon. Katherine R. Curtis and Member, Hon. Marc Buyske.