STATE v. HARPER

No. 43070.

304 N.W.2d 663 (1981)

208 Neb. 568

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Steven Roy HARPER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 17, 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 J. Kirk Brown, 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 found guilty on two counts of first degree murder and three counts of poisoning with intent to kill, wound, or maim. After hearings on the constitutionality of the death penalty and the existence of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, a sentence of death was imposed on each of the first degree murder counts and consecutive sentences of 10 years each were imposed on the poisoning counts

In 1973-74 the defendant, Steven...

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