STATE v. SIMS

No. S-98-1343.

603 N.W.2d 431 (1999)

258 Neb. 357

STATE of Nebraska, appellee, v. Michael J. SIMS, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A. Calkins, of Byam & Hoarty, Omaha, for appellant.

Don Stenberg, Attorney General, and Marilyn B. Hutchinson, Lincoln, for appellee.

WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ., and IRWIN, Chief Judge.


STEPHAN, J.

On March 24, 1997, Michael J. Sims, then a 20-year-old resident of Omaha, Nebraska, purchased a Maverick 12 gauge shotgun, a Norinco Model SKS 7.62-mm × .39-caliber semiautomatic assault rifle, and ammunition for each from Arms & Ammo Sporting Goods in Fremont, Nebraska. On the following day, two men drove into a residential neighborhood in Omaha and fired these weapons at Nathan Coleman and William Booth. Both victims were injured, Coleman fatally...

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