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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 42848.

290 N.W.2d 205 (1980)

205 Neb. 778

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. James Leonard JOHNSON, also known as James L. Johnson, also known as Jimmie Johnson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 18, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Hotz of Hotz, Kluver, Kizer & Jahn, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Sharon M. Lindgren, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, WHITE, and HASTINGS, JJ.

McCOWN, Justice.

The defendant was charged with forgery and being an habitual criminal. He was found guilty by a jury of the crime of forgery, and later found to be an habitual criminal. He was sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 12 years nor more than 15 years.

The evidence for the State established that some time in February 1979, a number of blank checks were stolen from the Morford Co. in Omaha, Nebraska...

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