State v. Evans

The defendant, Joel R. Evans, has appealed from the order of the district court denying him postconviction relief and an evidentiary hearing on his second motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 29-3001 et seq. (Reissue 1985).

The facts surrounding the four cases in which the appellant was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for 45 to 80 years are detailed in State v. Evans, 218 Neb. 849, 359 N.W.2d 790 (1984), where the judgment denying defendant’s first motion for postconviction relief was affirmed.

On direct appeal the records in all four cases were examined by…