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STATE v. WELSH

No. 42041.

275 N.W.2d 54 (1979)

202 Neb. 249

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. William J. WELSH III, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 30, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick W. Healey, of Healey, Healey, Brown & Wieland, Lincoln, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Patrick T. O'Brien, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Heard before SPENCER, C. J., Pro Tem., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, and WHITE, JJ., and BLUE, District Judge.

C. THOMAS WHITE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a jury verdict of manslaughter. The defendant was charged and tried on one count of first degree murder of his wife, Christine C. Welsh, on June 1, 1977. Defendant assigns as error that the sentence was excessive and he should have been placed on probation. The trial court sentenced the defendant to a term of 10 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. In effect, the sentence was for a term of from 1 to...

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