Court Opinion

ID: 9698223
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:45:14.990236+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:39.458040
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Boslaugh, J.,
dissenting in part.
I dissent from that part of the opinion which holds that the District Court had the power to vacate the original sentence on a motion for post conviction relief under sections 29-3001 to 29-3004, R. R. S. 1943. The sentence to imprisonment for 20 to 30 years for second degree murder afforded no basis for post conviction relief.
In State v. Laravie, 192 Neb. 625, 223 N. W. 2d 435, a direct appeal, we held that an indeterminate sentence was not authorized in a second degree murder case. In Draper v. Sigler, 177 Neb. 726, 131 N. W. 2d 131, we held that if an indeterminate sentence is imposed for a crime for which such a sentence is not authorized, the sentence is erroneous but not void and is effective as a sentence for the maximum term imposed.
It seems to me that under the rule of the Laravie case and the Draper case the sentence in this case became a flat 30-year sentence. Under section 83-1,105 (2), R. R. S. 1943, it was the legal equivalent of a sentence of 10 to 30 years imprisonment.
There was nothing about the sentence in this case which rendered the judgment void or voidable under the Constitution of Nebraska or the Constitution of the United States.
White, C. J., joins in this dissent.