STATE v. WHITEHURST

No. 86-459.

396 N.W.2d 288 (1986)

224 Neb. 174

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. James C. WHITEHURST, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Caskey, Stanton, for appellant.

Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen., and Harold Mosher, Lincoln, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, HASTINGS, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ.


HASTINGS, Justice.

Defendant has appealed a sentence of 2 to 5 years' imprisonment following a conviction upon his plea of guilty to the crime of manufacturing a controlled substance, marijuana, a Class III felony.

He assigns as error the receiving into evidence at the sentencing hearing the testimony of a state trooper based on information which he had received from an unnamed informant, and the excessiveness of the sentence.

There is no merit to...

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