Former Irving Middle School teacher Jackson Hedrick is appealing his 20- to 30-year prison sentence for sexually assaulting a student.
Hedrick, 23, is challenging Lancaster Count District Judge Lori Maret's Dec. 10 sentence as excessive.
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The sentence means he will have to serve a minimum 10 years in prison, if he loses no good time. He pleaded guilty.
The Irving principal contacted Lincoln police March 16 with concerns about a suspected, inappropriate relationship between Hedrick and a 14-year-old student, which included allegations he gave her and one of her friends alcohol on March 11 when the three were at the friend’s home.
In an interview with police the next day, Hedrick admitted he had sent the girl lewd texts, had given her and her friend alcohol and had sexual contact with her that day, according to court records.
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On Tuesday, defense attorney Nancy Peterson said, "We feel quite strongly that the sentence was out of line with that imposed in similar cases in Nebraska, did not take into consideration all of the evidence presented in the presentence report, and was far more time than imposed upon many offenders with lengthy criminal histories accused of violent offenses and was a miscarriage of justice."
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