STATE v. COUNTRY

No. 40014.

234 N.W.2d 593 (1975)

194 Neb. 570

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Reginald COUNTRY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

October 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. Morrison, Public Defender, Bennett G. Hornstein, Asst. Public Defender, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Marilyn B. Hutchinson, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, NEWTON and CLINTON, JJ., and KUNS, Retired District Judge.


CLINTON, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the doctrine enunciated in State v. Randolph, 186 Neb. 297, 183 N.W.2d 225, that where a criminal statute is amended by mitigating the punishment, after the commission of a prohibited act but before final judgment, the punishment is that provided by the amendatory act unless the Legislature has specifically provided otherwise, applies to...

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