STATE v. PULLENS

No. S-09-588.

800 N.W.2d 202 (2011)

281 Neb. 828

STATE of Nebraska, appellee, v. Stephen M. PULLENS, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 15, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Riley , Douglas County Public Defender, and Timothy P. Burns for appellant.

Stephen M. Pullens , pro se.

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, and James D. Smith for appellee.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.


McCORMACK, J.

I. NATURE OF CASE

A jury found Stephen M. Pullens guilty of killing his mother, Matsolonia Myers (Matsolonia), by throwing her over a balcony. Pullens alleges that the trial court erred by allowing hearsay evidence of a prior attempt by Pullens to throw Matsolonia off a balcony, admitting into evidence 10 e-mails without proper authentication, and providing a jury instruction on voluntary flight when the evidence was insufficient to support...

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