State v. Gochenour

Defendant was charged with two counts of forgery. Pursuant to plea bargaining between his attorney and the county attorney’s office, he entered a plea of nolo contendere to count I, and the second charge was dismissed. The District Court sentenced the defendant to a term of imprisonment from 3 to 5 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex and ordered him to pay a fine of $5 and the costs of the action, the “term to be consecutive to the present term or terms now being served.” At the time, the defendant was serving a term of 18 months imposed by the federal District Court for the…