STATE v. GILLHAM

No. 40428.

244 N.W.2d 177 (1976)

196 Neb. 563

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. James GILLHAM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Morrison, Public Defender, Bennett G. Hornstein, Asst. Public Defender, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., C. C. Sheldon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C.J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON, CLINTON, and BRODKEY, JJ.


WHITE, Chief Justice.

The sole assignment of error in this case is the excessiveness of the sentence imposed upon the defendant.

On January 20, 1975, the defendant and an accomplice robbed at gun point the F.O.E. #38 in Omaha, Nebraska. After obtaining entrance to the establishment, defendant and his accomplice displayed their weapons and forced the manager and a clean-up man to lie on the floor while they took the money. Approximately $5,000 was taken. Defendant...

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