STATE v. NEWTON

No. 42062.

275 N.W.2d 297 (1979)

202 Neb. 361

STATE of Nebraska, Appellant, v. James R. NEWTON, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

February 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Newton, pro se.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Sharon M. Brueggemann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellant.

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


McCOWN, Justice.

This is a post conviction proceeding to vacate and set aside a 1974 conviction and sentence for statutory rape. The District Court denied the petitioner's motion for post conviction relief without granting an evidentiary hearing and this appeal followed.

On March 8, 1974, the petitioner was convicted by a jury of the offense of statutory rape under former section 28-408, R.R.S. 1943, now repealed. He was sentenced to imprisonment for not less...

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