Case Name: State of Nebraska, appellee, v. Michael Leek, appellant
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1974-11-27
Citations: 192 Neb. 640
Docket Number: No. 39549
Parties: State of Nebraska, appellee, v. Michael Leek, appellant.
Judges: Heard before White, C. J., Spencer, Boslaugh, McCown, Newt on, Clinton, and Brodkey, JJ.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 640–641

Head Matter:
State of Nebraska, appellee, v. Michael Leek, appellant.
223 N. W. 2d 489
Filed November 27, 1974.
No. 39549.
T. Clement Gaughan and Richard L. Goos, for appellant.
Clarence A. H. Meyer, Attorney General, and Melvin K. Kammerlohr, for appellee.
Heard before White, C. J., Spencer, Boslaugh, McCown, Newt on, Clinton, and Brodkey, JJ.

Opinion:
Newton, J.
The defendant Michael Leek pled guilty to a charge of assault with intent to inflict a great bodily injury and was sentenced to serve 4 to 6 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. He asserts the sentence was excessive.
Defendant was 22 years of age. He had previously been committed, to Rancho San Antonio Boy's School and had several escapes. He has in the past been arrested for drinking, possession of marijuana, narcotic addiction, aggravated assault, robbery, and attempted murder. He was sentenced to 1 year on the robbery charge and was placed on probation in September 1972, for 5 years. In March 1973, he was sentenced to 1 .year for attempted burglary.
The sentence was well within that provided by statute; the charge had been reduced under a plea bargain from assault with intent to kill. In view of this young man's previous record, we do not find any abuse of discretion on the part of the District Court.
The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.
Affirmed.