State v. Beans

This is a post conviction case. The defendant’s motion to vacate a conviction and sentence of life imprisonment for first degree murder was denied after hearing.. The 41-year-old defendant shot and killed his wife on April 29, 1976, in their home in Kearney, Nebraska. The defendant and his wife had been married for 18 years, but were in the process of a divorce action at the time. There had been several altercations between the defendant and his wife prior to the shooting and the defendant had been cited twice and jailed once for civil contempt in the divorce proceeding.

The defendant and his…