STATE v. KIRKSEY

No. S-97-272.

575 N.W.2d 377 (1998)

254 Neb. 162

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee, v. Eric T. KIRKSEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

March 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. William Gallup, of Gallup & Schaefer, Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and Mark D. Starr, Lincoln, for appellee.

CAPORALE, WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, and McCORMACK, JJ.


STEPHAN, Justice.

A jury convicted Eric T. Kirksey of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony. He appeals the convictions, asserting that prejudicial error occurred at his trial by virtue of evidentiary rulings by the district court and prosecutorial misconduct during closing argument. We conclude that the admission of certain evidence over Kirksey's objection constituted prejudicial error and that Kirksey is therefore...

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