Anderson v. State

The judgment of the court below was affirmed in this case, and reported in 25 Neb. 550; but the statement was made at the time to the attorneys for the plaintiff in error, and to the attorney general, that as the proof failed to show premeditation, the sentence would be modified under the act of 1887 to imprisonment in the penitentiary for life. The plaintiff in error thereupon filed a personal petition for a modification of the sentence as prescribed by the statute. That act is as follows, including the title:

“An act to provide for the supreme court to reduce the sentence of persons…