State v. Blunt

In this post conviction action defendant, Paul Blunt, sought to vacate and set aside a judgment and sentence of 24% to 35 years imprisonment entered by the District Court for Douglas County on December 8, 1970, following defendant’s conviction on a charge of robbery. Following the evidentiary hearing in the District Court on the motion to vacate and set aside the sentence, the District Court overruled the motion for post conviction relief on all grounds except one.

The District Court found that in the former direct appeal of the robbery conviction, after jurisdiction had vested in the Supreme…