State v. Thompson

The sole question presented by this appeal is the ex-cessiveness of the district court’s indeterminate sentence of not less than 5 years or more than 10 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex for the crime of forgery. We affirm the judgment and sentence of the district court.

The record in this case shows that the appellant had a prior conviction for burglary. He admitted in open court that he had both escaped from jail and participated in the theft of an automobile. At the same time, charges were pending against the appellant for assault and battery and two further counts of…