STATE v. RUST

No. 43019.

303 N.W.2d 490 (1981)

208 Neb. 320

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. John Edward RUST, also known as John DeWitt, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 20, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Watts and Gerald E. Moran, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and J. Kirk Brown, Lincoln, for appellee.

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


WHITE, Justice.

This case is now before this court appealing the denial of a motion for post conviction relief. On February 2, 1977, this court affirmed the jury verdict convicting the defendant, John E. Rust, of felony murder and the decision of a three-judge panel sentencing him to death for that murder. State v. Rust, 197 Neb. 528, 250 N.W.2d 867 (1977). Defendant cited as the basis for...

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