State v. Irish

Richard Irish entered a plea of nolo contendere to second degree forgery. See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-603(1) (Reissue 1985). The district court for Dakota County accepted Irish’s nolo contendere plea and sentenced him to a 1-year term of imprisonment consecutive to Irish’s sentence to imprisonment for his manslaughter conviction which occurred before sentencing on the forgery charge. We affirm.

While Irish was awaiting trial in Dakota County on a charge of manslaughter resulting from a motor vehicle accident, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-305 (Reissue 1985), the State filed an additional information…