State v. Williams

The defendant, Tommie L. Williams, was charged with the felony offense of first degree sexual assault. He entered a plea of nolo contendere to a lesser amended charge of assaulting another inmate while confined in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. He was sentenced to 18 months to 5 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex to be served consecutively to the sentence he was then serving. The sole issue on this appeal is whether or not the sentence is excessive.

The outline of the State’s evidence presented to the sentencing court and the presentence investigation report…