State v. Worley

On prosecution for second degree murder, the court submitted the issues of second degree murder and man slaughter to the jury. A conviction for manslaughter resulted and the defendant appeals.

The deceased, Ralph Gomez, died of multiple gunshot wounds in the chest inflicted about 5 p.m., April 21, 1963, in the living room, of the residence of Lucille Hembertt at 1436 South Sixteenth Street, Omaha, Nebraska.

Since the fall of 1962 the defendant, single, had a continuing paramour relationship with Lucy (Lucille Hembertt). On the morning of April 21, 1963, at her residence, the defendant, Lucy,…