STATE v. WHITE

No. 83-710.

351 N.W.2d 83 (1984)

217 Neb. 783

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Calvin WHITE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

June 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Keefe, Lancaster County Public Defender, and Gerald L. Soucie, Lincoln, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Ralph H. Gillan, Lincoln, for appellee.

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


HASTINGS, Justice.

Following a trial by jury, Calvin White, the defendant, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He assigns as the only error that the trial court failed to instruct the jury that it could further find the defendant guilty of the lesser-included offenses of child abuse or third degree assault. This court does not agree, and we affirm.

This was a criminal prosecution where...

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