State v. Ellington

This appeal from a criminal conviction comes before this court by means of a request for further review from a decision of the Nebraska Court of Appeals. After a stipulated bench trial, the district court for Douglas County convicted appellant, Donald L. Ellington, of possession of cocaine, and the Nebraska Court of Appeals affirmed. See State v. Ellington, 1 NCA 668 (1992). Ellington’s appeal is based on a single assignment of error: the trial court’s decision to overrule Ellington’s pretrial motion to suppress the fruits of a Terry stop and appellant’s subsequent arrest.

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