State v. Isikoff

Harold C. Isikoff appeals the dismissal of his first postconviction application. On March 12, 1981, the appellant was convicted by jury of escape, defined in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-912(1) (Reissue 1985). At a later hearing he was determined to be a habitual criminal under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2221 (Reissue 1985). The appellant was sentenced to a term of not less than 11 nor more than IIV2 years at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, to be served consecutively to other sentences. In an amended motion for new trial, appellant claimed newly discovered evidence, supported by a letter and…