State v. Andersen

The only issue raised in this appeal from a guilty plea to the crime of burglary is the excessiveness of the sentence. Defendant Gene Lynn Andersen was sentenced to a term of not less than 2 nor more than 4 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, and was given credit for the time spent in the county jail awaiting trial and sentence. We affirm.

Defendant, who was 24 years of age, with two accomplices broke into a store at night at Wynot, Nebraska. It is defendant’s contention that the sentence was excessive in view of defendant’s age; the fact that he was merely a follower with…