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STATE v. McDONALD

No. 40179.

240 N.W.2d 8 (1976)

195 Neb. 625

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Joseph McDONALD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 25, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Watts, J. Joseph McQuillan, Gerald E. Moran, Robert C. Sigler, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Bernard L. Packett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

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

McCOWN, Justice.

The defendant, Joseph McDonald, was charged with killing Lyle Duane Ford in the perpetration of a robbery. That offense is first degree murder under section 28-401, R.S.Supp., 1974. He was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment.

At approximately 3 a. m., on the morning of July 4, 1974, a police officer observed an automobile on fire in a trailer court at 19th and Read Streets in Omaha, Nebraska, and immediately placed a...

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