State v. Medina

The defendant was charged with second degree arson in the burning of a lumber shed owned by the S & V Lumber Company of Minatare, Nebraska. Upon a trial of the case in the district court for Scotts Bluff County, the jury returned á verdict of guilty and the defendant was sentenced to 1 to 2 years in the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex. We affirm the judgment and sentence of the district court.

The defendant’s first contention on appeal is that the confession given by him to the sheriff after he had been arrested was. involuntary and therefore the failure to exclude the confession from…