State v. Gass

NATURE OF CASE

Kenny Wayne Gass pled no contest to second degree murder in the district court for Lancaster County. On September 1, 2004, the court entered an order sentencing Gass to imprisonment “for a period of life.” Later that day and contrary to the sentence initially imposed, the court entered an order nunc pro tunc stating that the sentence was “for a period of not less than nor more than life.” The next day, the court filed an amended order of commitment reflecting the language of the order nunc pro tunc. Gass appeals, claiming that the terms of the amended order of commitment are…