State v. Luna

Defendant-appellant, Victor Luna, appeals from the denial of his second motion for postconviction relief brought under the provisions of Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-3001 et seq. (Reissue 1985). He assigns as error the district court’s determination that he (1) is not entitled to an evidential hearing and (2) is not entitled to relief. We affirm.

After a jury trial, during which he was represented by the Douglas County public defender, Luna was found guilty of first degree assault for having stabbed and slashed his live-in mistress, and of third degree assault for having slashed the woman’s daughter.…