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STATE v. ROBERTSON

No. 84-046.

366 N.W.2d 429 (1985)

219 Neb. 782

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Jo Helen ROBERTSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, and Bennett G. Hornstein, Omaha, for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., and Timothy E. Divis, Lincoln, for appellee.

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

SHANAHAN, Justice.

A Douglas County jury found Jo Helen Robertson guilty of the first degree murder of Laura LaPointe, a prostitute. Robertson was sentenced to life imprisonment and appealed her conviction.

In the early morning of April 11, 1983, a passer-by discovered the nude, brutally beaten body of Laura LaPointe in a roadside ditch located in a heavily wooded area near Hummel Park north of Omaha. Close to LaPointe's body was an empty brandy bottle and...

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