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STATE v. ESCAMILLA

No. 40252.

239 N.W.2d 270 (1976)

195 Neb. 558

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Alvaro ESCAMILLA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 4, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Clement Gaughan, Public Defender, Richard L. Goos, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Paul M. Conley, Deputy Public Defender, Lincoln, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Terry R. Schaaf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

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

NEWTON, Justice.

Defendant, an inmate of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex, was convicted of murder in the second degree. He was charged with killing another inmate, Luther W. Wilson, by stabbing. Errors assigned are the exclusion of evidence as to the deceased's character; failure to hold a Jackson v. Dennotype hearing; and denial of a motion to produce the defendant's jacket. We affirm.

The record is devoid of any evidence to support a plea...

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