STATE v. McKINNEY

No. S-05-591.

730 N.W.2d 74 (2007)

273 Neb. 346

STATE of Nebraska, appellee, v. Lora L. McKINNEY, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 13, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Soucie and James R. Mowbray, of Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, for appellant.

Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and Corey M. O'Brien for appellee.

WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, MCCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ., and HANNON, Judge, Retired.


CONNOLLY, J.

On April 8, 2003, following an investigation that lasted over 5 years, a grand jury returned an indictment of Lora L. McKinney for the murder of Harold L. Kuenning. A jury convicted McKinney of first degree murder. The district court sentenced McKinney to life imprisonment.

I. STATE'S AND MCKINNEY'S THEORIES

The State advanced the theory that Kuenning picked up McKinney, his former girlfriend, from the home of a friend.

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