State v. Wren

This is an appeal brought by the State through the county attorney for Seward County, pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2315.01 (Reissue 1989). The State argues that the sentence imposed by the district court is not authorized by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(2) (Reissue 1985) and that the reduced sentence imposed by the district court is not authorized by Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2308.01 (Reissue 1989).

At issue in this appeal are questions of law. It is a well-established rule that on questions of law the Supreme Court has an obligation to reach a conclusion independent of that reached by the trial…