State v. Hocutt

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing an information charging the appellee, Don Hocutt, with a violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-109 (Cum. Supp. 1980), sale or transfer of personal property, subject to a security interest, without consent. The court held the statute violated Neb. Const. art. I, § 20, which provides: “No person shall be imprisoned for debt in any civil action on mesne or final process, unless in cases of fraud.” We reverse.

Appellee was charged with unlawfully and feloniously selling, transferring, or disposing of personal property, on which he had…