State v. Tiff

Appellant, Robert Tiff, appeals from a judgment entered by the District Court for Lancaster County, Nebraska, denying Tiff relief sought pursuant to the post conviction statutes of the State of Nebraska, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§29-3001 to 29-3004 (Reissue 1979). The order denying relief was entered after an evidentiary hearing had been held. The basis of Tiff’s request for relief under the Post Conviction Act is his claim that his court-appointed counsel ineffectively represented him in that counsel did not call a *566material witness who would have been important in his defense. Court-appointed…