STATE v. CLIFFORD

No. 42415.

281 N.W.2d 223 (1979)

204 Neb. 41

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Joseph L. CLIFFORD, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

July 10, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Matthews, of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Legal Services, Pine Ridge, S. D., for appellant.

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

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


McCOWN, Justice.

The defendant was convicted by a jury in the county court on a charge of operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest and sentenced to 60 days in the county jail. On appeal the District Court affirmed the conviction and sentence.

About midnight of September 1, 1977, a deputy sheriff was following an automobile on the highway near Rushville, Nebraska, and observed it weaving from the centerline to the shoulder of the highway. The deputy turned...

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