State v. Hegwood

This is an appeal from a conviction for the offense of robbery. The defendant was sentenced to a term of from 6 to 10 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. The defendant appeals.

The defendant alleges the trial court committed reversible error in failing to instruct the jury on the lesser-included offense of larceny from the person and/or petit larceny. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

The State’s version of the case is that on November 2, 1977, defendant and another individual came to the victim’s home. The defendant, who is a neighbor of the victim, allegedly wished to…