State v. Humbert

NATURE OF CASE

Carl M. Humbert (Humbert) was charged by information with two misdemeanors and four felonies. He pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charges and filed a plea in bar asserting that prosecution on the two corresponding felony charges in the information is barred by the Double Jeopardy Clauses of the state and federal Constitutions. The district court overruled Humbert’s plea in bar, and he filed this interlocutory appeal.

SCOPE OF REVIEW

Issues regarding the grant or denial of a plea in bar are questions of law. State v. Furrey, 270 Neb. 965, 708 N.W.2d 654 (2006). On a question…