Legal Opinion
State v. Simants
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1977No. 40642PublishedCited by 129 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpencer, J.
This case is before us for review of a death penalty imposed after a jury conviction on six counts of murder in the first degree.
Defendant essentially alleges four assignments of error: (1) The statute under which the sentence was imposed is unconstitutional; (2) the evidence is insufficient to support the findings of the jury; (3) the court erred in excluding the testimony of defendant’s ex-wife; and (4) the sentence imposed is excessive and contrary to law. We affirm.
During the course of the afternoon of October 18, 1975, defendant drank at one of the local bars in Sutherland, Nebraska,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jurek v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by129 opinions
- Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
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- State v. GoodmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1979
- State v. RoseSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
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