GARCIA v. STATE

No. 33612.

68 N.W.2d 151 (1955)

159 Neb. 571

Benito GARCIA, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE of Nebraska, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Fisher, Chadron, for plaintiff in error.

Clarence S. Beck, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Nelson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Heard before SIMMONS, C. J., and CARTER, MESSMORE, YEAGER, WENKE, and BOSLAUGH, JJ.


WENKE, Justice.

This is an error proceeding from the district court for Sioux County. A jury therein found Benito Garcia, petitioner in error and defendant below, guilty of murder in the first degree and fixed the penalty at life imprisonment in the penitentiary. The trial court imposed sentence accordingly and, from the overruling of his motion for a new trial, defendant brought this proceeding. We shall herein refer to Garcia as defendant.

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