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PARKER v. ROTH

No. 42561.

278 N.W.2d 106 (1979)

202 Neb. 850

Terry G. PARKER, Appellant, v. Richard ROTH, Sheriff of Douglas County, Nebraska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Bennett G. Hornstein, Omaha, for appellant.

Donald L. Knowles, Douglas County Atty., Rockford G. Meyer, Deputy County Atty., Omaha, Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Terry R. Schaaf, Paul E. Hofmeister and Lynne Rae Fritz, Asst. Attys. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

Tim A. Sindelar of Smith, Sindelar, Smith & Gooch, Omaha, on brief, of amicus curiae, Nebraska Civil Liberties Union.

Heard before KRIVOSHA, C. J., and BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, CLINTON, BRODKEY, WHITE and HASTINGS, JJ.

KRIVOSHA, Chief Justice.

By this appeal appellant, Terry G. Parker, attacks the constitutionality of Article I, section 9, of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, as the same was amended by vote of the people on November 7, 1978 (1978 bail amendment). Article I, section 9, of the Nebraska Constitution now provides as follows: "All persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for treason, sexual offenses involving penetration by force or against the...

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