STATE v. CANBY

No. 83-681.

348 N.W.2d 900 (1984)

217 Neb. 461

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Elaine F. CANBY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 25, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Keefe, Lancaster County Public Defender, and Michael D. Gooch, Lincoln, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Marilyn B. Hutchinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, for appellee.

KRIVOSHA, C.J., and BOSLAUGH, WHITE, HASTINGS, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, and GRANT, JJ.


CAPORALE, Justice.

Elaine F. Canby appeals from her conviction, pursuant to a jury verdict, of third degree assault. We affirm.

Canby's two assignments of error present the single issue of whether the trial court erred in not instructing the jury on self-defense.

In the late evening of August 5, 1982, Canby and her uncle, Donald Grant, and other family members were in the backyard of a Lincoln residence inhabited by Canby and her parents. Canby, Grant...

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