State v. Fincher

The defendant was convicted by a jury of the crime of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury committed on September 29, 1970. He was sentenced to a term of 15 to 20 years. He appeals pro se and the sole assignment of error is that he reoeived a sentence in excess of the maximum provided by statute. He points to section 28-413, R. R. S. 1943. He overlooks that in 1969 the Legislature amended that statute to provide for a penalty of “not less than one year nor more than twenty years.” § 28-413, R. S. Supp., 1969. The assignment of error is not well taken.

If the defendant had been…