State v. Floyd

763 N.W.2d 91 (2009)

277 Neb. 502

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee,

v.

William C. FLOYD, Jr., Appellant.

No. S-08-018.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 3, 2009.

Thomas C. Riley, Douglas County Public Defender, for appellant.

Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and James D. Smith, Lincoln, for appellee.

HEAVICAN, C.J., WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ.

HEAVICAN, C.J.

INTRODUCTION

William C. Floyd, Jr., was convicted of first degree murder and manslaughter of an unborn child. Floyd was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder conviction and 20 to 20 years' imprisonment on the…