State v. Green

The only assignment of error in this case is the ex-cessiveness of the appellant’s sentence.

On October 9, 1972, the appellant presented and obtained payment on a Peter Kiewit Sons Company payroll check made out to C. F. Jones in the sum of $101.76 at the Bedford Market in Omaha, Nebraska. The payee had not authorized anyone to negotiate the check in his behalf.

After receiving appellant’s plea of nolo contendere, the District Court for Douglas County, on December 11, 1974, found appellant guilty of uttering a forged instrument. On January 21, 1975, appellant was sentenced to a term of 1 to 3…