State v. West

The appellant, James M. West, appeals from a judgment entered by the district court for Dawes County, Nebraska, following a jury verdict finding West guilty of unintentionally causing the death of Scott R. Smith while engaged in the unlawful operation of a motor vehicle. The trial court sentenced West to imprisonment in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex for a period of 30 months, with credit given for time spent in custody. We affirm.

The record discloses that in the summer of 1982, West, then 19 years of age, was attending Chadron State College, Chadron, Nebraska. After attending…