STATE v. SIMS

No. 82-397.

331 N.W.2d 255 (1983)

213 Neb. 708

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Walter L. SIMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Robert Fromkin and David L. Herzog, P.C., Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Frank J. Hutfless, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., BOSLAUGH, McCOWN, WHITE, HASTINGS, and CAPORALE, JJ., and WARREN, District Judge.


CAPORALE, Justice.

Defendant-appellant, Walter L. Sims, was charged with second degree murder; the intentional but unpremeditated killing of Gregory S. Combs. A jury found defendant guilty of the lesser-included offense of manslaughter, the unintentional killing of Combs. The trial court adjudged the defendant guilty pursuant to the jury's verdict and imposed a prison sentence of from 5 to 10 years. We affirm.

Defendant assigns three errors, namely, that the...

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