STATE v. SHONKWILER

No. 38097.

194 N.W.2d 172 (1972)

187 Neb. 752

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. David SHONKWILER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 28, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell & Beatty, Jerome J. Ortman, Omaha, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Ralph H. Gillan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, NEWTON and CLINTON, JJ.


McCOWN, Justice.

The defendant, David L. Shonkwiler, pleaded guilty to burglary in the district court for Dawson County, Nebraska, and was sentenced to not less than 1 nor more than 2 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. The defendant has appealed on the ground that the sentence imposed was an abuse of discretion, was arbitrary and unreasonable, and was excessive under the circumstances.

A codefendant, Melvin Lee Anderson, was an equal participant...

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