State v. Dunster

I. INTRODUCTION

David L. Dunster, proceeding pro se, pled guilty to the first degree murder of Larry R. Witt and to the use of a weapon to commit a felony. The trial court sentenced Dunster to death for Witt’s murder and to not less than nor more than 20 years’ imprisonment for use of a weapon. Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2525 (Reissue 1995), Dunster’s automatic appeal was then docketed with this court.

II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Sometime in the early morning hours of May 10, 1997, Dunster strangled his cellmate, Witt, with an electrical cord. Witt’s body was discovered later that day.

On July…