State v. Ponec

Upon pleas of guilty to theft by unlawful taking and destruction of property in violation of ordinances of the city of Omaha, the defendant, Jeff M. Ponec, was sentenced by the county court to concurrent terms of 45 days in the county jail. Upon appeal to the district court the judgment was affirmed.

The factual basis for the pleas was contained in the police reports, which show that at 1:15 a.m. on January 17,1990, the defendant stole a stereo radio from an automobile, damaging the car’s dashboard in the process.

The defendant has appealed to this court and has assigned as error the county…