State v. Kays

Nebraska Advance Sheets 260 289 NEBRASKA REPORTS State of Nebraska, appellee, v. Charles E. Kays, appellant. ___ N.W.2d ___ Filed October 17, 2014. No. S-11-504. 1. Courts: Appeal and Error. Appellate review is limited to those errors specifi- cally assigned in an appeal to the district court and again assigned as error in an appeal to the higher appellate court. 2. Appeal and Error. Although an appellate court ordinarily considers only those errors assigned and discussed in briefs, an appellate court may, at its option, notice plain error. 3. ____. Plain error exists where there is error,…