STATE v. HOHNSTEIN

No. 82-225.

328 N.W.2d 777 (1983)

213 Neb. 296

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Dean HOHNSTEIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 7, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Sommer, Scottsbluff, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Frank J. Hutfless, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, WHITE, HASTINGS, and CAPORALE, JJ.


BOSLAUGH, Justice.

The defendant was convicted of attempted arson in the first degree and sentenced to imprisonment for 3 to 5 years. He has appealed and assigns as error the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, the giving of an instruction on attempted arson, and that the sentence was excessive.

On June 17, 1981, the defendant was a prisoner in the Scotts Bluff County jail, serving terms of imprisonment for the sale of marijuana and forgery...

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