Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105
Felonies; classification of penalties; sentences; where served; eligibility for probation
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(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Criminal Code and any statute passed by the Legislature after the date of passage of the code, felonies are divided into ten classes which are distinguished from one another by the following penalties which are authorized upon conviction:
| Class I felony | Death |
| Class IA felony | Life imprisonment |
| Class IB felony | Maximum—life imprisonment |
| Minimum—twenty years imprisonment | |
| Class IC felony | Maximum—fifty years imprisonment |
| Mandatory minimum—five years imprisonment | |
| Class ID felony | Maximum—fifty years imprisonment |
| Mandatory minimum—three years imprisonment | |
| Class II felony | Maximum—fifty years imprisonment |
| Minimum—one year imprisonment | |
| Class IIA felony | Maximum—twenty years imprisonment |
| Minimum—none | |
| Class III felony | Maximum—four years imprisonment and two years |
| post-release supervision or | |
| twenty-five thousand dollars fine, or both | |
| Minimum—none for imprisonment and none for | |
| post-release supervision | |
| Class IIIA felony | Maximum—three years imprisonment |
| and eighteen months post-release supervision or | |
| ten thousand dollars fine, or both | |
| Minimum—none for imprisonment and none for | |
| post-release supervision | |
| Class IV felony | Maximum—two years imprisonment and twelve |
| months post-release supervision or | |
| ten thousand dollars fine, or both | |
| Minimum—none for imprisonment and none for | |
| post-release supervision |
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1,094
cases (325 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: State v. Benavides
State v. Benavides (2016)
“The nonretroac- tive provision under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (7) (Supp. 2015) broadly applies to penalty changes created by 2015 Neb.”
State v. Phillips (2019)
“6 See, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (1) (Cum. Supp. 2014); State v.”
State v. Aguallo (2016)
“605 amended § 29-2204 to restrict indeterminate sen- tencing to the more serious felonies and ushered in determi- nate sentencing with postrelease supervision for Classes III, IIIA, and IV felonies.”
State v. Kennedy (2018)
“6 See Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-105 (Supp. 2017) and 29-2204.”
State v. Wal (2019)
“Thus, on the day revocation was ordered, Wal had considerably more than 8 months remaining on his term of post-release supervision. The district court's order imposing a term of 8 months' imprisonment was within the maximum term authorized by § 29-2268(2) and was not an abuse of…”
State v. Baxter (2017)
“The sentences imposed were the maximum allowable sentences under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (Supp. 2015) for a Class IV felony and under Neb.”
State v. Draper (2016)
“STANDARD OF REVIEW [1] In reviewing a sufficiency of the evidence claim, whether the evidence is direct, circumstantial, or a combination thereof, the standard is the same: An appellate court does not resolve conflicts in the evidence, pass on the credibility of witnesses, or…”
State v. Trevino (1988)
“" We find no abuse of discretion in the sentence pronounced. For the crime of attempted second degree murder of Mark Heil, the district court sentenced Trevino to imprisonment for a period of 15 to 30 years, to be served consecutively to the sentence for second degree murder.”
State v. Dill (2018)
“See, also, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-105 (Supp. 2017) and 29-2204.”
State v. Vanness (2018)
“Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (Supp. 2015). We have observed that a court's failure to advise a defendant of the correct statutory minimum and maximum penalties does not automatically warrant reversal.”
State v. Iromuanya (2006)
“Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (1) (Cum. Supp. 2004) and §§ 28-201(4)(a) and 28-304(2).”
State v. Conover (2005)
“The penalties for various felony classes are set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (Reissue 1995 & Cum.”
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(1) — 93 cases
State v. Conover (2005)
“The penalties for various felony classes are set forth in Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (Reissue 1995 & Cum.”
State v. Hunt (2018)
State v. Iromuanya (2006)
“Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (1) (Cum. Supp. 2004) and §§ 28-201(4)(a) and 28-304(2).”
State v. Phillips (2019)
“6 See, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (1) (Cum. Supp. 2014); State v.”
State v. McMillion (2016)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(2) — 4 cases
State v. Wilcox (1992)
State v. Wren (1990)
State v. Thurman (2007)
State v. Minnick (2015)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(3) — 1 case
State v. Ramirez (2008)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(4) — 8 cases
State v. Hamik (2001)
State v. Benavides (2016)
“The nonretroac- tive provision under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (7) (Supp. 2015) broadly applies to penalty changes created by 2015 Neb.”
State v. Pauly (2022)
State v. Russell (2015)
State v. Bradley (2018)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(5) — 9 cases
State v. Dill (2018)
“See, also, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 28-105 (Supp. 2017) and 29-2204.”
State v. Phillips (2019)
“6 See, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (1) (Cum. Supp. 2014); State v.”
State v. Phillips (2017)
State v. Dill (2018)
State v. Shaull (2018)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(6) — 29 cases
State v. Mendez-Osorio (2017)
State v. Artis (2017)
State v. Wells (2020)
State v. Seaman (2020)
State v. Lillard (2019)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(7) — 7 cases
State v. Benavides (2016)
“The nonretroac- tive provision under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105 (7) (Supp. 2015) broadly applies to penalty changes created by 2015 Neb.”
State v. Aguallo (2016)
“605 amended § 29-2204 to restrict indeterminate sen- tencing to the more serious felonies and ushered in determi- nate sentencing with postrelease supervision for Classes III, IIIA, and IV felonies.”
State v. Chacon (2017)
State v. Raatz (2016)
State v. Lillard (2019)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(8) — 3 cases
State v. Rogers (2017)
State v. Herrera (2019)
State v. Batres (2019)
— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-105(a) — 1 case
State v. Bradley (2018)
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