STATE v. CORTES

No. 89-1247.

460 N.W.2d 659 (1990)

236 Neb. 257

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Angel Silva CORTES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

September 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur C. Toogood, Adams County Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen., and Delores Coe-Barbee, Lincoln, for appellee.

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


HASTINGS, Chief Justice.

The defendant, Angel Silva Cortes, appeals his conviction of first degree sexual assault and his sentence for a term of 5 to 15 years' imprisonment. He assigns as error the insufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction and the excessiveness of the sentence.

A conviction will not be reversed on appeal unless, after the court views the evidence most favorably for the State, it can be said that the evidence is so lacking in...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases