State v. War Bonnett

428 N.W.2d 508 (1988)

229 Neb. 681

STATE of Nebraska, Appellee,

v.

James WAR BONNETT, Appellant.

No. 87-332.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

September 2, 1988.

Dean S. Forney, Box Butte County Public Defender, for appellant.

Robert M. Spire, Atty. Gen., and Lynne R. Fritz, for appellee.

HASTINGS, C.J., WHITE, and GRANT, JJ., BRODKEY, J., Retired, and CORRIGAN, District Judge.

The defendant was charged with the theft of a 1983 GMC truck belonging to United Parcel Service. The theft occurred in Alliance, Nebraska, and the truck was found rolled in a ditch 42 miles east of Alliance. Damage to the truck was…