State v. Mangelsen

The defendant was charged with the offense of operating a motor vehicle while his operator’s license was suspended or revoked, second offense. The county court of Merrick County, Nebraska, found the defendant guilty after trial to the court, and imposed a sentence of 6 months in the county jail and revoked his operator’s license for a period of 1 year. Upon appeal to the District Court for Merrick County, Nebraska, the judgment of the county court was affirmed.

On October 15, 1977, at about 4 p.m., the marshal of Silver Creek, Nebraska, observed the defendant driving a pickup truck. The…