STATE v. STURM

No. 38476.

202 N.W.2d 381 (1972)

189 Neb. 299

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Judy L. STURM, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Clement Gaughan, Public Defender, Paul M. Conley, Deputy Public Defender, Lincoln, for appellant.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen., Harold S. Salter, Deputy Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

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


SMITH, Justice.

A jury found Judy L. Sturm guilty of manslaughter, and the court sentenced her to imprisonment for 10 years. Judy appeals. She asserts that the sentence is excessive.

The victim was Judy's third husband, Harvey, whom she had married in 1969. Judy, age 28, was the mother of a daughter, age 7, by a previous marriage, and of a son, age 1½, by her marriage to Harvey.

Harvey had severely...

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