STATE v. ATWATER

No. S-92-113.

515 N.W.2d 431 (1994)

245 Neb. 746

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Lawrence ATWATER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brent M. Bloom, Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Atty. Gen., and Marilyn B. Hutchinson, Lincoln, for appellee.

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


WRIGHT, Justice.

Lawrence Atwater was charged with and convicted of two counts of robbery and two counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony in 1982. A direct appeal was taken to the Nebraska Supreme Court. The judgment was affirmed after a motion was granted allowing court-appointed defense counsel to withdraw on the grounds that the appeal was frivolous.

In 1992, Atwater's motion for postconviction relief was granted by the district court, which reinstated...

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