Case ID: neb_197/html/0628-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Newton, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

State of Nebraska, appellee, v. Elmer A. Chapman, appellant.
    250 N. W. 2d 248
    Filed February 9, 1977.
    No. 40926.
    D. E. Rissler, for appellant.
    Paul L. Douglas, Attorney General, and Jerold V. Fennell, for appellee.
    Heard before White, C. J., Spencer, Boslaugh, McCown, Newton, Clinton, and Brodkey JJ.
   Newton, J.

Defendant was charged with a third offense of driving while intoxicated. A plea of guilty was entered and the defendant thereupon sentenced to a term of 18 months to 3 years. The sole issue presented on appeal is the charge that the sentence is excessive. The sentence is modified to comply with the requirements of section 83-1,105, R. S. Supp., 1976, and State v. Suggett, 189 Neb. 714, 204 N. W. 2d 793.

Section 39-669.07, R. R. S. 1943, provides a penalty of 1 to 3 years for the offense of which defendant was convicted. The minimum sentence of 18 months imposed exceeds one-third of the statutory maximum and the sentence will be reduced to 1 to 3 years. The defendant has a lengthy record of misdemeanor and felony convictions and the sentence does not otherwise present an abuse of discretion.

The judgment of the District Court will be affirmed as modified.

Affirmed as modified.