State v. Langland

—The defendant, Donald Langland, appeals his conviction as a habitual criminal and the imposition of a suspended life sentence. We affirm.

Langland was charged with the crimes of burglary in the second degree and taking a motor vehicle without owner's permission alleged to have occurred in October 1977. Although he was then only 17 years of age, the juvenile court of Clark County declined jurisdiction, and he was tried as an adult in superior court. In December of that year he was convicted of the offenses, granted a deferred sentence, and jailed as a condition of his probation.

Langland was…