State v. Cook

Todd L. Cook appeals a sentence imposed by the district court for use of a firearm to commit a felony.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

A sentence imposed within statutory limits will not be disturbed on appeal absent an abuse of discretion by the trial court. State v. McBride, 250 Neb. 636, 550 N.W.2d 659 (1996); State v. Orduna, 250 Neb. 602, 550 N.W.2d 356 (1996).

FACTS

On January 29, 1995, Cook and an accomplice entered a Gas ’N Shop convenience store in Norfolk, Nebraska. Cook pointed a 9-mm semiautomatic pistol at Ellen Gill, a clerk in the store, and demanded that she open the cash register. After Cook’s…