State v. Sorenson

We granted the petition for further review of the appellant, Kenneth G. Sorenson. The Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed the sentences imposed by the Douglas County District Court, finding that the oral pronouncement of sentence was ambiguous, but that the oral pronouncement was clarified by the written journal entry which set forth the sentences.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

When statutory language is plain and unambiguous, no judicial interpretation is needed to ascertain the statute’s meaning. In the absence of a statutory indication to the contrary, words in a statute will be given their ordinary…