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FD-350 (Rev. 11-11-75) Judge Sentences. Bundy to _ fy 4 1-15-Year Term - By Wilf Cannon Tribune Staff Writer : Convicted kidnapper Theodore R. Bundy Wednes- (indicate page, name of * day was sentenced to serve from one to 15 years at newspaper, city and state.) : the Utah State Prison. -* Third District Court Judge Stewart M. Hanson J r., who found Bundy guilty after a non-jury trial last C 3 . February, listened impassively prior to the sentenc- ——_ , ing as the former law student asserted he was not SALE LAKE TRI 6 oad properly evaluated during his, 90-day stay ‘at the .prision.. . SALELAKE Coty , Lt The judge allowed Bundy to act as his own counsel —_ after appointing defense attorneys John D. O’Connell and Bruce C. Lubeck to assist. : ‘4 Bundy’s speech was an explanation for the basis of _jhis motion for an order to show cause why prison Warden Sam Smith shouldn’t be held in contempt of . court for not conducting a proper evaluation. ~_ J udge Hanson denied the motion after listening to Bundy or about 50 minutes. -| * Bundy, 29, was found guilty of: kidnaping Carol . DaRonch Nov. 8, 1974, from the Fashion Place Mall at 6100 S. State in Murray. mT . Judge Hanson sentenced Bundy to the penalty for f a second-degree felony even though the conviction :- Was on a first-degree offense. 0 Deputy Salt Lake County Attorney David E. ‘ Yocom, who successfully prosecuted the case, said he - - expected the judge to sentence under the second- ° -degree statute since the victim was uninjured in the - incident. : . . . . ; Date: F-/-76 Sentence under the first-degree offense could have Edition: sVWORAINE : been five years to life. . Judge Hanson asked Bundy whether he wanted il . Bundy eon ag eer and not misleading to the court,” Bunoy lo [-ts Ye. TE j as he pleaded his case before the judge. . : or The psychiatrists, psychologists and counselors Classification: LAKE who examined him may have been under pressure to Submitting Office: SAL find things wrong with him, Bundy contended. . Being Investigated aly : “The doctors may have had a fear of being . —_ wrong,” he said. “ my ‘“When you have a spare 90 days you should go .. _ take the tests,” Bundy told Judge Hanson. . He was also not allowed a transfer to the. minimum security work farm as were his fellow . diagnostic prisoners, he told the court. In a final, emotion packed plea, Bundy broke down in tears and addressed both the judge and psychia- trists in the court room. “I'll be a candidate for .”’ he sobbed, ‘but not for anything I've done, for what the system’s done to me.’*