STATE v. ORTIZ

No. 38022.

192 N.W.2d 151 (1971)

187 Neb. 515

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Lawrence J. ORTIZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Orr, Public Defender, Tye, Worlock, Tye, Jacobsen & Orr, Kearney, Richard J. Bruckner, Omaha, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Calvin E. Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

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


NEWTON, Justice.

The defendant, Lawrence J. Ortiz, appeals from a conviction of murder in the first degree. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction and asserts there was error in the admission of evidence and in a denial of the right to introduce surrebuttal testimony. We affirm the judgment of the district court.

The defendant and one Charolette Elaine Whittington had traveled to...

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