State v. Start

In a postconviction proceeding pursuant to the Nebraska Postconviction Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-3001 etseq. (Reissue 1985), Daniel J. Start appeals from the judgment of the district court for Douglas County, which, after reviewing the files and records in Start’s case, refused to grant an evidentiary hearing on Start’s motion and denied postconviction relief concerning unappealed sentences imposed in 1982. As best we can, we extract the facts from Start’s pro se motion for postconviction relief.

During 1982, in Douglas County, Nebraska, Start was sentenced on two felony charges, viz, theft…