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STATE v. BONAPARTE

No. 85-656.

384 N.W.2d 304 (1986)

222 Neb. 469

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Grady BONAPARTE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 4, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, and Stanley A. Krieger, Omaha, for appellant.

Robert M. Spire, Attorney General, and Terry R. Schaaf, Lincoln, for appellee.

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

KRIVOSHA, Chief Justice.

The present appeal can best be described as the height of "chutzpah." This Yiddish word appears in modern dictionaries as meaning "colossal effrontery" or "brazen gall," but is best exemplified by the young man who, having killed his father and mother, throws himself at the mercy of the court because he is an orphan. See, also, Williams v. State, 126 Ga.App. 350, 190 S.E.2d 785...

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