Legal Opinion
State v. Russell
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided June 5, 1975No. 39656PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCown, J.
The defendant, Patrick Ronald Russell, after trial by the court without a jury, was convicted of the crime of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
On November 10, 1973, Joseph Matthew Edmonds, án 8-year-old boy, was reported missing in Omaha, Nebraska. A police investigation was started on the following day. On Tuesday, November 13, 1973, at approximately 3:30 p.m., the boy’s body was found on the floor of a bedroom in a vacant apartment at 1619 California Street in Omaha, Nebraska. A length of telephone cord was around his neck and medical evidence established that death…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Davis v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Schade v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. RandolphNebraska Supreme Court · 1971
- Commonwealth v. CannonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- United States v. Howard T. PooleCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. StewartNebraska Supreme Court · 1977
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- State v. RyanNebraska Supreme Court · 1989
- State v. GalesNebraska Supreme Court · 2003
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