S-23-0038 State of Nebraska (Appellee) v. Nathanial M. Gnewuch (Appellant)
Appeal from District Court for Madison County, Judge James G. Kube
Attorneys: Attorneys: Chelsey R. Hartner (Chief Deputy Madison County Public Defender for Appellant), Erin E. Tangeman and Jordan M. Osborne (Asst. Attorneys General for Appellee), and Christopher Eickholt (Eickholt Law LLC filing an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Nebraska Criminal Defense Attorney Association).
Criminal: Deferred Sentencing
Proceedings below: Appellant entered a guilty plea to Willful and Reckless Operation of a Motor Vehicle to Avoid Arrest, and he requested deferred sentencing pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2922. The district court denied this request and sentenced Appellant to eighteen (18) months of probation. Appellant filed a Petition to Bypass the Court of Appeals, which the Supreme Court granted and ordered that this case to be transferred from the docket of the Court of Appeals to its docket.
Issues: Appellant makes the following assignment of error: 1) The lower Court erred in overruling Gnewuch’s Motion for Deferred Sentence pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2922.