State v. Blazek

The defendant, Mary Elizabeth Blazek, pleaded nolo contendere to one count of conspiracy to commit a felony and one count of giving false information to police officers. She was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex on the first count, and 6 months in the city-county jail on the second count, the sentences to run concurrently. She was denied credit for time spent in jail awaiting sentence. The sole issue on appeal is whether or not the sentences were excessive.

The defendant was 37 years old at the time of sen tencing. In the spring of 1975, she was…