State v. Ernest

The defendant, Jack Lee Ernest, was convicted of burglary and second degree arson and of being an habitual criminal in 1977. His sentence to imprisonment for 30 years on each count was vacated by this court because he had not been present at the evidentiary hearing on the habitual criminal charge and the sentencing hearing and he had been sentenced over objection. See State v. Ernest, 200 Neb. 615, 264 N. W. 2d 677.

On July 27, 1978, the defendant was again found guilty of being an habitual criminal and was sentenced to imprisonment for 29 years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently…