WOODARD v. STATE

No. 33464.

68 N.W.2d 166 (1955)

159 Neb. 603

Louis WOODARD, Plaintiff In Error, v. STATE of Nebraska, Defendant In Error.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 21, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph W. Hetzner, Omaha, for plaintiff in error.

C. S. Beck, Atty. Gen., Robert V. Hoagland, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

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


WENKE, Justice.

This is an error proceeding from the district court for Douglas County. A jury therein found plaintiff in error Louis Woodard, defendant below, guilty of manslaughter. He thereafter filed a motion for new trial which was overruled. He was then sentenced to serve 5 years in the penitentiary. He took this appeal therefrom. We shall herein refer to him as the defendant.

There is no question about the sufficiency of the evidence. It fully supports...

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