STATE v. RUFFIN

No. S-09-972.

789 N.W.2d 19 (2010)

280 Neb. 611

STATE of Nebraska, appellee, v. Lamont RUFFIN, also known as Lamont Roland, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

September 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchel L. Greenwall , of Yeagley, Swanson & Murray, L.L.C., Klein, for appellant.

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, and Kimberly A. Klein , Lincoln, for appellee.

Jon Bruning , Attorney General, and Kimberly A. Klein , Lincoln, for appellee.

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


MILLER-LERMAN, J.

NATURE OF CASE

The Nebraska Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of Lamont Ruffin, also known as Lamont Roland, for lack of jurisdiction. Ruffin filed a petition for further review, which we granted. We ordered the case submitted without oral argument under Neb. Ct. R.App. P. § 2-111(B)(1) (rev.2008). We conclude that because the poverty affidavit filed in this appeal was signed by his attorney rather than by Ruffin and good cause...

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