Legal Opinion
State v. Stevenson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided April 19, 1978No. 41370, 41371PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
White, C. Thomas, J.
On July 24, 1976, a vacant residence at 2120 Lothrop Street, Omaha, Nebraska, caught fire and was substantially damaged. The defendants, Lee Truman Stevenson and James Jackson, were arrested, charged, and convicted of arson in the first degree at a joint trial. At trial, the defendants were represented by an assistant public defender.
*625After the fire was extinguished, on inspection by an acting battalion chief and the arson bureau, a plastic container containing a small quantity of gasoline was found in the house. The place where the fire started had the blisters on painted…
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