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STATE v. BRANCH

No. 43568.

307 N.W.2d 512 (1981)

209 Neb. 279

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Curtis J. BRANCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, and Stanley A. Krieger, Asst. Public Defender, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Terry R. Schaaf, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

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

CLINTON, Justice.

The defendant was charged with murder in the first degree and found guilty by a jury of murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment. On appeal to this court he makes and argues two assignments of error: (1) The sentence is excessive; and (2) The court erred in permitting the introduction into evidence of three photographs of the body of the deceased. The facts surrounding the crime are the following. The defendant...

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