State v. Vela

777 N.W.2d 266 (2010)

279 Neb. 94

STATE of Nebraska, appellee,

v.

Erick Fernando VELA, appellant.

No. S-07-138.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

January 8, 2010.

James R. Mowbray, Jeffery A. Pickens, and Jerry L. Soucie, of Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, Lincoln, and Mark D. Albin, Norfolk, of Albin Law Office, for appellant.

Jon Bruning, Attorney General, and J. Kirk Brown, Lincoln, for appellee.

WRIGHT, CONNOLLY, GERRARD, STEPHAN, McCORMACK, and MILLER-LERMAN, JJ., and IRWIN, Judge.

STEPHAN, J.

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