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Eric Chandler
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Cory J. RooneyCriminal Defense
Criminal Penalties for Felony Classifications in 2017 for NE
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The last time we posted something on the criminal penalties in Nebraska was prior to the law changes the became effective last April of 2016. Since that time felony classifications, as well as the potential sentences that can be imposed for each classification, have changed. Currently, the new classifications as enumerated in Neb. Rev. Stat. Section 28-105 are as follows:
| 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 nine months | |
| post-release supervision if imprisonment is imposed | |
| 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 nine months | |
| post-release supervision if imprisonment is imposed | |
| 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 nine months | |
| post-release supervision if imprisonment is imposed |
If you are currently facing prosecution in Nebraska for a felony, make sure to discuss the felony classification and potential penalties in detail with your criminal defense attorney to make certain that you fully understand the ramifications of a guilty plea or guilty verdict at trial.