STATE v. ALVAREZ

No. 36637.

154 N.W.2d 746 (1967)

182 Neb. 358

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Thomas A. ALVAREZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Clement Gaughan, Richard L. Goos, Lincoln, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Richard H. Williams, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Patrick W. Healey, Lincoln, amicus curiae.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and CARTER, SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ.


CARTER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the assessment of the death penalty in a first degree murder conviction after a plea of guilty.

The defendant was a young, single man of Mexican origin of the age of 19 years. He was a strong, able-bodied man, very interested in sports with a special interest in boxing. On September 14, 1966, he was employed by Lincoln Landscaping, Ltd., and was assigned to the doing of yardwork at the Rohman home immediately north of...

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