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Show A Pan Sentenced i ii A North Salt Lake man has ' been sentenced to two (iinsecutive terms of one to 15 If wars in the Utah State Prison liter pleading guilty to charges of burglary and theft. :f : ALBERT J. Madsen, 57, of Ife (09 Sagamore, North Salt QUke, was sentenced to the prison terms by Second District Dis-trict Court Judge Thornley K. Swan. The defendant had m ,j pleaded guilty to the charges '5 October 25. i- Madsen was arrested Aug. V 22 alter Davis County Sheriff H i detectives recovered more Uit than $15,000 worth of stolen goods in his home. He then ' pleaded guilty to the two ii charges on a stipulation that three other charges of alleged . J burglary and attempted j-1 burglary be dropped. IN A pre-sentencing plea, Madsen's attorney said that because of the defendant's age, Madsen would spend the rest of his life down there (Utah State Prison), if the maximum sentence were imposed. im-posed. But Assistant County Attorney Attor-ney Rodney S. Page noted that Madsen has a criminal record dating back to 1936 and that a habitual criminal charge against Madsen is still pending. SO DESPITE a plea by Defense Attorney Benjamin Spence that the prison terms be run concurrently rather than consecutively. Judge Swan said he would impose the maximum sentence and let the Probation and Parole Board determine the length of his prison stay, grb |