STATE v. MATA

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard J. Straetker , Scotts Bluff County Public Defender, for appellant.

Douglas J. Peterson , Attorney General, and James D. Smith , Solicitor General, for appellee.

Brian William Stull , of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, and Amy A. Miller , of American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska Foundation, for amici curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska and American Civil Liberties Union Foundation.

Tracy Hightower-Henne , of Hightower Reff Law, Omaha, G. Michael Fenner , of Creighton University School of Law, and Kevin Barry , of Quinnipiac University School of Law Legal Clinic, for amici curiae Legal Scholars.

Robert F. Bartle , of Bartle & Geier, Lincoln, and Anne C. Reddy , Keith Hammeran , and Tom Lemon , of Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., for amici curiae former Nebraska Justices and Judges.

Heavican, C.J., Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, and Papik, JJ., and Pirtle, Judge.