State v. Hurlburt

Forrest W. Hurlburt was charged with two counts of second degree murder — the murder of Allan Thingstad and the murder of Matthew Meisinger. Hurlburt entered his not guilty plea to each count and claimed the killings were done in self-defense. A jury found Hurlburt not guilty of the Thingstad murder but guilty of manslaughter regarding Meisinger’s death. The district court for Cass County, Nebraska, sentenced Hurlburt to an indeterminate term of 6 years and 8 months to 20 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. We affirm.

Hurlburt and a group of coworkers got off work early in…