State v. Silva

Inbody, Judge.

INTRODUCTION

The State of Nebraska has appealed as excessively lenient the sentences imposed upon Calvin R. Silva for his convictions of attempted second degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. We review this matter under our statutory authority found in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2322 (Reissue 1995) as to whether the sentences are excessively lenient.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

On September 27, 1994, at approximately 7 a.m., on her way to work and after having dropped off her children at a friend’s house, Joyce Silva stopped at a stop sign at South and Pine Streets in Hastings,…