State v. Rice

Melvin J. Rice entered a guilty plea to a reduced charge of driving during revocation, a Class IV felony. After receiving a standard presentence investigation report and referring Rice to the Department of Correctional Services Diagnostic and Evaluation Center for additional evaluation, the district court for Dakota County sentenced Rice to probation for a term of 36 months under specified terms and conditions. The State of Nebraska, through the Dakota County Attorney, appealed the sentence as excessively lenient, and the Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed. State v. Rice, No. A-04-547, 2004…