STATE v. WILLIAMS

No. 42235.

287 N.W.2d 18 (1979)

205 Neb. 56

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Robert E. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 18, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Keefe, Lancaster County Public Defender, Thomas L. Hagel, and Richard L. Goos, Deputy Public Defenders, Lincoln, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Judy K. Hoffman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, and WHITE, JJ., and RIST, District Judge.


McCOWN, Justice.

Robert E. Williams pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity or mental derangement to two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of first degree sexual assault. He was found guilty by a jury on all three counts and sentenced to death on each of the two murder counts and to imprisonment for not less than 81/3 years nor more than 25 years on the sexual assault count.

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