State v. Williams

The appellant, James Carroll Williams, pleaded guilty to the crime of robbery. After presentence investigation, he was sentenced to a term of 10 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. The sole issue raised on this appeal is the excessiveness of the sentence. We review under section 29-2308, R. R. S. 1943.

The appellant, between 4 and 5 p.m., on July 6, 1967, entered a store in Antioch, Sheridan County, Nebraska. He had a shiny instrument in his hand and threatened to kill the 87-year-old storekeeper if he did not open the cash register. The storekeeper opened one drawer of the…