Legal Opinion
State v. Blankenship
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 1976No. 40157PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCown, J.
The defendant was found guilty by a jury on a charge of second degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The issues involved are whether the sentence is excessive and whether, after the imposition of an invalid indeterminate sentence, a resentencing to life imprisonment was invalid and unconstitutional.
On April 11, 1975, a jury found the defendant guilty on a charge of second degree murder. On April 14, 1975, the defendant filed a motion for new trial. On Friday, May 2, 1975, the District Court overruled the motion for new trial and imposed a sentence for an indeterminate period of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Eugene W. Thompson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Robert James Garcia v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1974
- State v. LaravieNebraska Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- State v. SchnabelNebraska Supreme Court · 2000
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