STATE v. WEEKS


439 P.2d 1009 (1968)

The STATE of Oregon, Respondent, v. James Kenneth WEEKS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Oregon, Department 1.

Decided April 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis W. Linklater, Eugene, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

Stephen H. Keutzer, Deputy Dist. Atty., Eugene, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John B. Leahy, Dist. Atty., Eugene.

Before McALLISTER, P.J., and O'CONNELL and DENECKE, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant, James Kenneth Weeks, appeals from a sentence of four years in the penitentiary, entered after he pleaded guilty to obtaining money under false pretenses. He contends that the sentence was excessive and disproportionate to the offense (ORS 138.050), because his younger brother, who pleaded guilty to a like offense, was sentenced on the same day to only three years in the Oregon Correctional Institution.

The pre-sentence report discloses...

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