State v. Valdez

Defendant, Carlos Valdez, was charged in Scotts Bluff County with intentionally distributing, delivering, or dispensing cocaine on January 9, 1990, in violation of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-416(l)(a) (Reissue 1989). After jury trial, defendant was found guilty. After a presentence investigation, defendant was sentenced to 4 to 7 years’ imprisonment. He timely appealed to this court, assigning as error the actions of the trial court in (1) failing to grant defendant’s motion for a continuance of the trial, (2) failing to grant defendant’s motion for mistrial, and (3) imposing “an unreasonable…