State v. Braasch

The defendant, Terry M. Braasch, was originally charged with first degree murder. As the result of a plea bargain, the charge was reduced to second degree murder and the defendant pleaded guilty to that charge. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The sole question on this appeal is whether the sentence is excessive.

The defendant was born February 21,1948, in Hastings, Nebraska, and lived there all his life. He was graduated from Hastings High School in 1966. In November of 1968, he went to work at a machine shop, where he worked as a machinist until the time of the murder except for a…