STATE v. SWIFT

No. 88-008.

431 N.W.2d 643 (1988)

230 Neb. 373

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Rochelle SWIFT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

November 18, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, and Timothy P. Burns, for appellant.

Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen., and Vanessa R. Jones, for appellee.

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


FAHRNBRUCH, Justice.

Rochelle Swift appeals her felony jury convictions for manslaughter and the use of a knife to stab to death her estranged former live-in boyfriend, Eugene Vermont Williams. Swift's sole assignment of error claims her convictions were based upon insufficient evidence. We affirm.

On the manslaughter charge, the defendant was sentenced to not less than 4 nor more than 6 years' imprisonment, and a consecutive sentence of not less than 1 nor...

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