STATE v. SCOTT

No. 81-814.

324 N.W.2d 670 (1982)

212 Neb. 625

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Maurice SCOTT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

October 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Keefe, Lancaster County Public Defender, and James L. Foster, Lincoln, 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, WHITE, HASTINGS, and CAPORALE, JJ.


McCOWN, Justice.

The defendant was found guilty of first degree murder by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment by the District Court. This appeal followed.

The defendant and victim had lived together with their three small children for some time in an apartment complex in Lincoln, Nebraska. On the evening of April 22, 1980, the victim and a female friend of hers left the children at the apartment of a neighbor, intending to be gone for a short time. When...

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