State v. Kincaid

Defendant appeals his conviction, on a guilty plea, of a felony charge of issuing an insufficient fund check and ultimate sentence to a term of 2 to 5 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. His assignments of error may be condensed into three: (1) The trial court’s refusal to appoint counsel for defendant prior to his guilty plea; (2) involuntariness of the guilty plea; and (3) excessive sentence.

An information was filed in the District Court on June 29, 1977, charging that defendant issued an insufficient fund check in the amount of $1,500 on May 3, 1977. Defendant was…