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STATE v. WOODS

No. S-92-1095.

542 N.W.2d 410 (1996)

249 Neb. 138

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Sherline R. WOODS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Kenney, Douglas County Public Defender, and Kelly S. Breen, Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, Jay C. Hinsley, Lincoln, and, on brief, Delores Coe-Barbee, Lincoln, for appellee.

WHITE, C.J., CAPORALE, FAHRNBRUCH, LANPHIER, and GERRARD, JJ., and STEINKE, and NORTON, District Judges, Retired.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant, Sherline R. Woods, was convicted by a jury of manslaughter and use of a knife to commit a felony. Woods was sentenced to 5 to 10 years' imprisonment for the manslaughter conviction and a consecutive sentence of 2 to 4 years' imprisonment for the conviction of use of a knife to commit a felony. She appealed to the Nebraska Court of Appeals.

The Court of Appeals held that Woods' failure to give a taped statement had no probative value...

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