Opinion ID: 1805482
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Heading: jurisdiction

Text: The principal question is whether the jurisdiction of the case was removed to the appellate court when the first appeal was filed, precluding the district court from resentencing Beverlin. The Court of Appeals held that the district court retained jurisdiction to impose the second sentence because the first sentence was invalid, since it was imposed without the benefit of the statutorily required MDSO evaluation. This holding is not supported by prior case law of this court. In criminal cases, it is the sentence which is the judgment. State v. Spotted Elk, 227 Neb. 869, 420 N.W.2d 707 (1988). The Court of Appeals found that the first sentence was not a judgment which was appealable because it was imposed without receiving the psychological evaluations. It therefore concluded that under State v. Blankenship, 195 Neb. 329, 237 N.W.2d 868 (1976), the district court was able to impose the second sentence. State v. Beverlin, 3 NCA 717, 1993 WL 165349 (1993). However, although the sentence was imposed without the benefit of the MDSO determination, the judgment was not void, but voidable. See State ex rel. Casselman v. Macken, 194 Neb. 806, 235 N.W.2d 867 (1975).