STATE v. ELLEN

No. S-92-933.

500 N.W.2d 818 (1993)

243 Neb. 522

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Richard Edward ELLEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

May 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Moore, Madison County Public Defender, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Atty. Gen. and Delores Coe-Barbee, Lincoln, for appellee.

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


LANPHIER, Justice.

Contending that the sentences imposed by the Madison County District Court are excessive, defendant, Richard Edward Ellen, appeals his sentence of life imprisonment for second degree murder and his consecutive sentence of 5 to 15 years for first degree assault. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The events leading to the murder of Lonnie Edwards took place on the evening of July 18, 1989, in Madison, Nebraska. On that night, defendant and several...

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