STATE v. ELLIS

No. S-21-595.

975 N.W.2d 530 (2022)

311 Neb. 862

STATE of Nebraska, appellee, v. Roy L. ELLIS, appellant.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

Filed June 24, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Regan , Omaha, for appellant.

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

Miller-Lerman, Cassel, Stacy, Funke, and Papik, JJ., and Doyle and Dobrovolny, District Judges.


Roy L. Ellis, who has been sentenced to death for first degree murder, appeals the order that denied him postconviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. He claims that his trial attorneys were ineffective in challenging the admissibility and weight of DNA evidence presented at his jury trial. His arguments focus on the probability...

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