State v. Ladig

In this appeal, Frank Ladig claims that the district court for Lincoln County abused its discretion in sentencing him to life imprisonment for aiding and abetting the second degree murder of Richard Sterkel.

Ladig entered a no contest plea to a charge of second degree murder on September 16, 1993, was found guilty, and was sentenced to life imprisonment on November 20. He appealed that sentence to this court. Because the information upon which he was charged omitted “malice” as an element of the crime of second degree murder, this court, on July 29, 1994, set aside Ladig’s conviction and…